POP ARTPOP ART1950s – 1960s

By

Viktoriya

Mazalova,

2012

POP ART

Abstract Expressionism

Minimal Art

Emerged in 1950s in Britain…

…And spread around the world

Who are responsible for this movement?

0Andy Warhol (1928-1987)

0Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997)

0Eduardo Arroyo (1937)

0Jasper Johns (1930)

0Chuck Close (1940)

0Eduardo Paolozzi (1924)

What is POP ART?

0 Mix of tradition of fine arts with imagery forms of popular culture.

0 "Once you 'got' Pop, you could never see a sign the same way again. And once you thought Pop, you could never see America the same way again.“ Warhol

love indiana sculpture; Robert Indiana (born Robert Clark, American, 1928-), LOVE, 1966, oil on canvas, 71 7/8 x 71

7/8 inches, Indianapolis Museum of Art, IN.;

Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987), Campbell's Tomato Soup, 1962, oil on

canvas.;

Roy Lichtenstein, Vicki, 1964, enamel on steel, 42 x 42 inches, Minneapolis Institute of

Arts.;

1956 Just what is it that makes today's homes so different, so appealing? is a collage by English artist Richard Hamilton.

[1][2] It measures 10.25 in (260 mm) × 9.75 in (248 mm). The work is now in the collection of the Kunsthalle

Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany. It was the first work of pop art to achieve iconic status.;

Andy Warhol, Mick Jagger, 1973, silkscreen, 73/250, 74 cm x 112 cm, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Iran. Mick

Jagger was and is the lead singer of the rock band the Rolling Stones;

Three Flags, 1958, Whitney Museum of American Art

Eduardo Paolozzi. I was a Rich Man's Plaything (1947) is considered the initial standard bearer of "pop art" and first to display the word "pop". Paolozzi showed the collage in 1952 as part of his groundbreaking Bunk! series presentation at the initial Independent Group meeting in London.

Jasper Johns, Map, 1961. Museum of Modern ArtNew York City. Flags, maps, targets, stenciled words and numbers

were themes used by Johns in the 1960s.

Popcorn Chicken by Bonn Liang

This pop art sculpture turns in the wind, or with the touch of a

hand. It is a bold addition to the

waterfront.

Don Weisflog (American, 1922-2006), "Women

are More"; female nude bust Surreal

Pop Art contemporary sculpture; cast

polychrome resin. Titled verso, dated

1982. 7 1/2"H x

12"W. 

Roy Lichtenstein's Drowning Girl(1963) on display at the Museum of Modern Art, New

York

Wayne Thiebaud, 1963 Three Machines

0 Pop Art consists of mix of elements of mass madia, such as:

oAdvertisingo ComicsoMundane cultural objects

o Pop art is aimed to employ images of popular as opposed to elitist culture in art

Characteristics

0 Recognizable imagery, drawn from popular media and products.

0 Usually very bright colors.0 Flat imagery influenced by comic books and

newspaper photographs.0 Images of celebrities or fictional characters in comic

books, advertisements and fan magazines.0 In sculpture, an innovative use of media.

"An artist is someone who produces things that people don't need to have but that he - for some

reason - thinks it would be a good idea to give them."

Where you can find some more about POP ART?

0 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_art

0 http://arthistory.about.com/cs/namesww/p/warhol.htm

0 http://www.antiquehelper.com/item/332151

0 http://americancity.org/daily/entry/urban-art-on-san-diegos-waterfront

0 http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/andy_warhol.html0