Pop Art emerged in the 1950s in both the United States and Britain. It was inspired by mass culture and everyday commercial products like soup cans, Coke bottles, and comic strips. Key characteristics included using imagery from commercial art and popular culture that was mass-produced and accessible to a wide audience. Major Pop Artists included Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, and Tom Wesselmann, who created works parodying consumerism and critiquing abstract expressionism. Pop Art went on to influence later art forms, movies, fashion, and remain relevant today.

1. Pop Art "Pop Art is: popular, transient, expendable, low-cost, mass-produced, young, witty, sexy, gimmicky, glamorous, and big business.”-Richard Hamilton

2. Pre Pop *Early 1950s in England: Independent Group, an association of artists, architects, historians, etc. *Purpose: discuss cultural/sociological issues, dissect products of mass culture *Helped prepare the foundations for Pop. *A lot of its members became Pop Artists later. Ex: Richard Hamilton .

3. Commercial US *US: pioneers of Pop *Post WWII: time of economic growth for US *US very consumer oriented *People buying more *Items more mass produced and affordable. *Art skills needed

4. Pop Art Characteristics *Commercial/ pop culture. *Everyday objects. *Mass produced. *Humorous. Plays with stereotypes. *Celebrities. *Impersonal * Accessible. Aimed at general public. *Techniques: collage, prints, silkscreen

5. Richard Hamilton, 1956: Just What is it That Makes Today’s Homes so Different, so Appealing?

6. British Pop vs. American Pop James Rosenquist , 1960-61: President Elect

7. Andy Warhol, 1962: Campbell’s Soup Cans

8. Abstract Expressionism *AE: high class, emotional, elite, old-fashioned *Some people thought AE hard to understand. *Pop made fun of its seriousness. Jackson Pollock, 1950: Lavender Mist

9. Andy Warhol “ If you want to know all about Andy Warhol, just look at the surface of my paintings and films and me, and there I am. There's nothing behind it. ”- Andy Warhol

10. Andy Warhol, 1962: 210 Coca Cola Bottles

11. Andy Warhol, 1964-65: Little Electric Chair

12. Andy Warhol, 1967: Marilyn Monroe

13. Roy Lichtenstein *Old-fashioned comic strips *Parody *Bright and bold images *Often only shows a couple panels *Wants us to imagine what will happen next

14. Roy Lichtenstein, 1961: Mr. Bellamy

15. Roy Lichtenstein, 1963: Drowning Girl

16. Roy Lichtenstein, 1965: Sunrise

17. Claes Oldenburg *Actually American artist *Sculptor *Played with the mind *Foods, common items as subjects *Oversized

18. Claes Oldenburg, 1962: Floor Burger

19. Claes Oldenburg, 1967: Drum Set

20. Claes Oldenburg, 1966: Lipsticks in Piccadilly Circus

21. Tom Wesselmann *Worked in series *Used real objects *Still life *Collages *Brand names

22. Tom Wesselmann, 1962: Still Life #20

23. Tom Wesselmann, 1963: Still Life #30

24. Tom Wesselmann, 1967: Mouth #14

25. Criticism “… like a joke without humour told over and over again until it begins to sound like a threat… Advertising art which advertises itself as art that hates advertising.”-Harold Rauschenberg *Insult to public intelligence: use of common objects. *Artists meant to create new ideas within art world

26. Pop Art Today Has influenced fashion…during the 1950’s helped create a radical change in how fashion was made. Artists today use many techniques that started when pop art came to be. Movies have been filmed using many elements of pop art and what it stands for.

27. Influenced Styles

28. Pop Art meets the cinema Rebel without a cause Cool hand Luke