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The pop art movement
- 1. The Pop ArtMovement Alyssa Rollins, Leila Haddad, and Mona Patel
- 2. Popular (designed fora mass audience). Transient (short-term solution). Expendable (easily- forgotten). Low cost. Mass produced. Young (aimed at youth). Witty. Sexy. Gimmicky. Glamorous. Big business. This is just the beginning… Richard Hamilton in a Letter to Alison and Peter Smithson, 16 January 1957
- 3. Origin • Timeline: mid1950’s to early 1970’s (time of economic prosperity) • Concept first originated in Britain in early 1950’s by the Independent Group • The word pop has several origins • Link to Marcel Duchamp
- 4. Pop Art • Aimedto blur the line between traditional art and popular culture (between “high” and “low” cultured art). • Themes of daily object, mass media, and repetition, everyday life • Coincided with Abstract Expressionism
- 5. Richard Hamilton, Just What IsIt That Makes Today’s Homes So Different, So Appealing? 1956
- 6. Andy Warhol • 1928-1987 •Fashion illustrator, painter, sculptor, filmmaker, producer of the Velvet Underground, magazine publisher, philosopher, historian, diarist, model, phot ographer, and archivist. • Started off as commercial artist • One of the founding fathers of the pop art movement • Themes: shoes, Campbell soup cans, Marilyn Monroe, Brillo pads, disasters • The Factory • Shot in 1968 by Valerie Solanas
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- 12. Techniques Andy WarholUsed • Silk-screening • Repetition
- 22. Roy Lichtenstein • Bornin New York City on October 27, 1923 • Grew up on Manhattan’s Upper West Side • Inspired by advertisements and comic strips • Bright, graphic images parodied popular culture • Died in New York City on September 29, 1997
- 23. Girl with Ball, 1961 RoyLichtenstein
- 24. “This was thefirst time I decided to make a painting really look like commercial art. The approach turned out to be so interesting that eventually it became impossible to do any other kind of painting.” -Roy Lichtenstein
- 25. Look Mickey, 1961 RoyLichtenstein
- 26. Donald Duck: Lostand Found, 1960 Look Mickey, 1961
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- 30. Van Gogh’s Bedroomin Arles, 1888
- 31. Summary • Dealt withpainting, printmaking, and sculpture • Originated in the mid-1950s • Major artists in the United States include: • Andy Warhol • Roy Lichtenstein • Jasper Johns • Major artist in Britain: • Richard Hamilton • Difference between U.S. and Britain’s pop art is the U.S. seemed more united