POP ART

Form

• Form refers to an element of art that is three-dimensional (height, width, and depth) and encloses volume.

EMPHASISImportance or dominance to some part of an artwork; something singled out, stressed or drawn attention to.

Sculpture – A three-

dimensional work of art, or the art of

making it

Madison Museum of Contemporary ArtDeborah Butterfield

Armature – A skeleton-like framework to give

rigid internal support to a sculpture

• Paper Mache - A material, made from paper pulp or

shreds of paper mixed with resin, wallpaper paste, or

flour and water, which can be molded or modeled into

various shapes when wet and becomes hard and

suitable for painting when dry.

Pop Art – Pop artists have focused attention upon familiar images of the popular culture such as billboards, comic strips, magazine advertisements, and supermarket products. Pop Art rejects abstract expressionism and instead, celebrates material consumer culture

Roy Lichtenstein (October 27, 1923 – September 29, 1997) was one of the leading figures in the American Pop Art movements during the 1960’s. Favoring the comic strip as his main inspiration, Lichtenstein produced hard-edged, precise compositions that documented while it parodied often in a tongue-in-cheek humorous manner.

Roy Lichtenstein, Whaam!, 1963Oil on Canvas

Martha Rosler, Vacuuming Pop Art, 1966–72 Photomontage

Claes Oldenberg – Born in 1929 in Sweden and moved to America as a young child. He is well known for his installations and giant soft sculptures. Very whimsical in nature, & points out the art that can be found in the everyday objects around us.

Giant BLT (Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato Sandwich), 1963

Claes Oldenburg, Soft Toilet, 1966. Wood, vinyl, kapok fibers, wire, plexiglass on metal stand and painted wood base

Claes Oldenburg, Paint Torch, 2011, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.

Claes Oldenburg & Coosje van Bruggen Saw, Sawing, Tokyo, 1996 Saw, Sawing was Oldenburg and van Bruggen's first commission in Japan.

Coosje van Bruggen – born in 1942, in the Netherlands. She was a critic, an art historian and an artist known for the colorful public sculptures she created around the world

Mistos (Match Cover), 1992, Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona Steel, aluminum, fiber-reinforced plastic; painted with polyurethane enamel

Spoonbridge and Cherry, 1988Stainless steel and aluminum painted with polyurethane enamel

Pop Art Sculptures

• Choose an ordinary, everyday object• Use boxes, tubes, cardboard,

newspaper, and tape to create an armature

• Cover with newspaper & papier mache• Paint object accurately

Alissa Nemmers

Alyssa Mentink

Megan MurvineSam Arnston

Rachel Smith