Slide show year 6 about Pop Art and Food

1. POP ART

2. WHAT ? WHEN? WHY? WHO?
• POP Art . Write down the following questions in your book and watch the following
video. Try to answer all questions.
• What does Pop Art mean or refer to?
• When did artists made this kind of art?
• Why did artists make popular art?
• Who is a famous Pop artist?
• Watch video about POP art for kids from Tate Gallery (4,5 min)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhEyoDCTSDQ

3. POP ART FACTS
• When/where: It started in the 1950’s and
was very popular around 1960 in the US
and England
• What: It is a form of Art that depicts
objects or scenes from the everyday life
(popular mass culture). Artists make
artworks showing soup cans, movie stars,
comics, food, images from television and
newspapers. They like to satirize or
ridicule objects, sometimes enlarging
those objects to gigantic proportions.
The objects reflect mass culture and
consumerism.
• What POP art features do you see in the
artworks of Warhol, Lichtenstein and
Rauschenberg?

4. CLAES OLDENBURG (SWE/US),
FLOOR CAKE AND FLOOR BURGER 1962
• How does Oldenburg confront the
public with his sculptures?
• (Think about the size, the material he
uses and place he exhibits his work)

5. LOR-K (FRANCE) EAT ME PROJECT 2016
• An ongoing project that can be seen on the streets of Paris, according to Lor-K “The
Eat Me installation is turning junk into works of art and street corners into pop-up art
galleries.” And as the name suggests, it is all about turning urban waste into delicious
sweet and savory creations like sushi, pastries, sandwiches, waffles, pizza, etc.

6. GEORGE BALDESSIN (AUS)
PEAR NR 2 1973, COPIES OF PEARS MADE IN 2018
• How does Baldessin refer to beauty
and decay in this pear still life?
• What material did he use to make it
look real?

7. FOOD
ART

8. KATHLEEN RYAN, (US)
BAD LEMON, 2019 (LARGER THAN REAL LIFE)
• Why are Kathleens artworks so
original?
• Think of the subject matter and the
materials she uses)
• What message does her work convey?

9. KLAUS PILCHER (AUSTRIA),
ONE THIRD PROJECT, 2013
• What do you see? What does this artist
want to show?
• Where is ‘one third’ referring to?

11. OBSERVING DECAY
IN DIFFERENT WAYS
• Watch watermelon example
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S12zZhdO
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12. CELEBRATORY FOOD

13. CREATE THE BASE SHAPE

14. PAPER MACHÉ OR CONSTRUCT

15. DECORATE & DECAY YOUR FOOD

16. FOOD LABELS
• Instead of the usual label you see next
to artworks, you will make a food
label.
• Have a look at existing labels and
what information they provide and
how it is presented.
• (product name, ingredients,
manufacturer, allergen warning, expiry
date, barcode, etc…)
• What message do you want to bring
across with this artwork? Incorporate
this in your label.
• First make a sketch in your visual diary
what your label will look like and then
either use your iPad to make a good
copy for the label or hand draw it.

17. EXTENSION TASK
• EXPERIMENTATION with real food
• Artist inspiration: Hungarian
photographer: Tamas Balla
• Create a sculpture using food
materials from/at home. Make a
design sketch of what you want to
create and think what materials/ tools
you need.
• When you have done this start
creating your piece. Take photos of the
process of creation as proof. Print out
the photos and stick in your visual
diary.