Famous Pop Artists discussed

1. POP ART By Gwen Alvord

2. Started in Britainmid 1950s Moved to USAlate 1950s

3. POP ART IS…characterized by themes and figures drawn from popular mass culture: -COMIC BOOK -ADVERTISEMENT

4. Emphasizes the bland and boring aspects of culture, chiefly through the use of irony. “Three Machines” by Wayne Thiebaud IRONY (noun): something humorous based on contradiction.

5. “The concept of pop art refers not as much to the art itself as to the attitudes that led to it.”

6. Andy Warhol Born it Pittsburgh PA to two Slovakian immigrants. Became sick with Cholera in 3rd grade & was bedridden. While sick in bed, he drew, listened to the radio, and surrounded himself with pictures of celebrities.

7. Studied COMMERCIAL ART at the Carnegie Institute of Technology

8. Sold for$100 million Eight Elvises 1963 Silkscreen print

9. Silkscreen Printing A screen made of silk is stretched over a frame. Non-permeable materials are painted on the screen to create a stencil. A roller covered in paint is rolled over the screen, transfering the image onto the material beneath it.

10. Warhol painted things that he liked most.

11. Roy Lichtenstein Comic book style art Uses Ben-day dot technique in his art.

12. “clothespin” statue in Philadelphia ClaesOldenberg “spoonbridge and cherry” sculpture