A Presentation on the Art Genre of Pop Art

1. Pop Art
• Term to refer to “popular” or mass culture
• Images so commonplace we hardly notice
them even though we absorb them totally
• Artists working in many different styles

2. Andy Warhol
• “Pope of Pop”
• Began as a commercial artist
• Believed that in a culture where we
are overwhelmed w/ information,
mostly thru TV and print there is no
longer a need for emotional ,
meaningful art
• "In the future, everyone will be
famous for 15 minutes."

3. 100 Cans, 1962
• They are about
sameness
– Same brand, same
size, same paint
surface, same fame as
product
• They mimic the
condition of mass
advertising

4. • Campbell’s Soup
is something that
every American
can experience,
no matter how
rich or poor you
are we all get the
same, mass-
produced soup

5. • No matter who
you are we all
experience the
same Coca-Cola
• No one can get a
different, or
better Coca-Cola

6. • Not only are
we
bombarded
by
advertisements,
but images of
celebrities
are pounded
into our
heads, we
are forced to
look at them
daily

7. • By repeating
the same
image,
Warhol
mimics how
society is
flooded with
these images
from the
media

15. Claes Oldenburg
• Used found materials to make
sculptures of objects around
him
• Enlarged ordinary household
objects

16. Shoestring Potatoes
Spilling from a Bag
• “Soft sculpture” –
surrealistic effect
• Enlarged proportions
• Illustrates the impact
that fast food
restaurants have on the
American society

21. •1965 – begins his
“monument” proposals
–A single object was to be
enlarged to gigantic scale
and installed at a specific
site

22. Giant Three-Way Plug, 1970

23. • Wanted viewers to stop and think about the
products of the industrial and commercial
culture
• Wants to call attention that we have come to
rely on these products

24. Clothespin, 1976,
Philadelphia

25. Flashlight,
1981 ,
University of
Nevada, Las
Vegas

26. Garden Hose , 1983
Germany

27. Spoonbridge and Cherry, 1988
Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, Walker Art Center,
Minneapolis

28. Lipstick
(Ascending)
on Caterpillar
Tracks,
1969-74
Yale University,
New Haven,
Connecticut