...The Pop Art movement began as a reactionary statement against the long running streak Abstract Expressionism held on popular art. It began the late 1950s, though it truly prospered during the sixties and early seventies. Pop artists utilized the imagery and techniques of consumerism and pop culture as a subject matter. As a style, it was based on using bright imagery and reproduction, to show the beauty of everyday objects. The movement set out to break down the distinctions between good and bad taste. Most importantly it broke down the distinctions between fine art and commercial art. One of the most well known artists of the Pop movement was Andy Warhol, a young commercial illustrator from Manhattan. Warhol’s use of popular icons and brands as the focus of his art is what made him famous. As an artist, Warhol used techniques that had rarely, if ever, been seen in the art world. He often combined painting and photography, by painting canvases silk screened with an image with bright abstract colors. Though he often used his own photography, he was also known for using the photography of others when he wished to portray a subject he never had or never would have the opportunity to photograph. The painting is a portrait of a young woman’s face which has been silk screened on to the canvas. You can see very little of her clothing, because of the tight crop of the painting, however she appears to be wearing a garment that ties behind her neck. Her hair is short, yet falls close...
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...that time changes things, but you actually have to change them your self” . Is it ever possible to call art everyday objects? One soup can, may be really boring but is it possible 100 of them being an actual piece of art having an incredible value? Can it be possibly believed that Homer Simpson is in the world wide history of art? "Everything is beautiful. Pop is everything." Everything is allowed in Pop Art. Abstract Expressionism held sway for fifteen years. But in the early sixties, a group of artists occurred. They were much more different from all other artists since their subjects were Coke bottles, beer and soup cans, comic strip characters and hamburgers. Having to do with so common things mostly everyone has and being so popular objects their movement was labeled Pop Art. Pop Art is basically a 20th century art movement that utilized the imagery and techniques of consumerism and popular culture. It was really easy of it to develop since by the mid to late 1950s the economic and social climate was changing enormously, and so it was really easy for new generation of painters to interest society. Pop Art developed in the United States and in Britain mostly. In the United States the artists were responding to the nation’s consumer society well as in Britain the style had a more nostalgic flavour. The main difference in my opinion of British Pop art and American Pop art is that in the first we have an overtone of melancholy which was not been shared yet in the second. ...
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...05/03/16 POP ART -realism had been gone for a long time but pop art brought it up -comprehensible, straight forward -Roy Lichtenstein - Robert Rauschenberg, canyon – abstract, consumer culture and materials of everyday mixed -tom wesselmann, landscape no. 4 – reproduces Mt. Hood (albert berstadt), typical landscape of foreground/middle/background, faces in car not carrying about the scenery of nature, car represents machine -mark Rothko -warhol’s 50’s work – contrast, rigorous serial composition, confident line work -andy warhol’s brillo box vs. duchamp’s fountain: -> brillo box just fake found object, no mediation, just the damn box but Duchamp turned urinal upside down to create interest ->brillobox stacked in gallery ->warehouse? -warhol starts to hand paint in 60’s -> later his style gets more edgy, sharp (tomato soup, etc) -everything you eat and wear, mass produced -pop art seem ambivalent, recognizable but hard to read the meaning -jan davidsz, sumptuous Still Life with parrorot vs. tom wesselmann, still life ->parrot still life is very realistic vs. flatness of t.w’s still life -> wildlife fruits vs. daily life packaged factory products -warhol’s Marilyn Monroe series: gold halo (her hair) represents the religious/celebrity, repetition represents exposure -warhol’s red race riot: mistitled this work, piece is about technology of production, we were made not to feel outraged of man’s inhumanity because the imagery makes viewers’ eyes move around...
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...Primarily in New York in the early 1940’s, a group of artists developed a stylistic diverse collection of art that began a drastic new development in the artistic realm that guided/shifted the perception of art across the globe. Abstract expressionism broke away from the conventional thought in both subject matter and technique, changing the focus to a more inner spiritual expression of impulsiveness and improvisation; the work of abstract expressionist resisted the stylistic labeling that was commonly based upon dynamic movement in contrast to reflection with an open palette of color. Imagination and artistic creativity was the overall basis of abstract expressionism. Even when depicting realistic subject matter the artist utilized extremely spirited, messy brush stokes or no brushes at all, simply dripping/flinging paint onto the canvas with overlapping inspirational sources. Critics of this era did not viewed or even consider abstract expressionism as art, which is similar to every new artistic form that emerged before them. Many of the initial artists of this movement lived in New York and met in a tavern located in Greenwich Village, thus, the movement was also given the name The New York School. One of the most notorious members of this group was Jackson Pollock, who became so well known for his dip and splatter form that many gave him the nickname “Jack the Dripper;” Pollock utilized drips and lines to stimulate emotion versus portraying distinctive subject matter...
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...Do you agree that Pop art is a critique of the values of post-War urban culture in the United States or is there some validity in the arguments that suggest that Pop art is another representation of profit-based propaganda? Select works from two or three artists to examine this question. Pop art was born out of the needs of Post-war America and its capitalist driven economy, where consumption was key and everything was a commodity that had to be readily available. The diversity within the movement arose from how the Pop artists approached this culture of post-war America, whether it was through parody, fetishization, or just pure replication; as well as what aspects of the culture they chose to reflect on. The sheer diversity of themes and styles covered by the various pop artists means that one cannot be too reductive when analysing this art movement. It is therefore with this in mind that this essay will examine just two Pop artists, Andy Warhol and Tom Wesselmann, to examine both artists’ use of commercial methods teamed with images borrowed from popular culture and how they established their own unique technique and style to reflect on the capitalist culture rising in America. Post-war America was a time of great growth and development, as America moved into a position of political and economic leadership, newfound pride in the American way of life and American culture flourished. The economic boom meant newfound freedom for Americans, as having money and freely spending...
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...Evolution of Pop Art by Marius Janavicius Critical and Cultural Studies Caroline Archer August 2011 During the 1960s Art Deco and Art Nouveau already were already established movements, which did not have the labels of “contemporary” styles. People were looking for something new, and shocking. Reactions towards established moral standards, social tensions which included race relations, sexual mores, women’s rights gave birth to total reassessment of old values. It was born twice: first in England and then again, independently, in New York. During the early 1950s, several London artists transformed the artifacts and mass media imagery of American popular culture into critical, satirical art works. They were responding to a flood of American postwar export of consumer goods, movies, magazines, comics and advertising. However, Pop Art became popular movement in United States. After the Second World War came the birth of the consumer society. The American way of life, with its emphasis on growth, quantity, consumption and fun, dominated western values. However, underneath many of the same old dark forces raged on: war - Berlin, Korea, Vietnam; racial unrest; the political intolerance of the early 1950s. Among the young, new values awoke, and protest movements sprang up. Pop art mostly opposed abstractionism, represented by Jackson Pollock. It was said that Pollock’s work terminated all connections with visible reality. Young artists blamed him for making art a mean...
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...Talia Wilburn ARTS/125 February 15, 2016 Pop Culture and Art Andy Warhol and Robert Rauschenberg were a lot in a lot of different ways but what stands out is their use of everyday objects. They took things that we may not think are so artistic and turned them into masterpieces that can viewed throughout the world. Their subjects were a reflection of their era because they took things that regular people were using in their everyday lives and bringing them to life on canvases. America was coming out of the Great Depression and they needed something fresh to look at opposed to all the depressing struggle art they were getting used to. So by these two taking everyday objects and turning them into works of art, things that people could relate to. If I was creating my own art work from my daily activities the imagery I would use is life in the office since that is where I am most of the time. I would draw attention to computers and notebooks and all things that represent the office. Even the small things like keyboards, and mouse pads, notebooks, and paper clips. My life consists of a normal 9 to 5 in the office as an insurance agent I sit at a desk all day trying to figure out what’s the best option for people to protect themselves. I haven’t seen any art that draws attention to the office and it’s not that I really looked into it either but if I were the artist that is what I would want my audience to view. References (Writer). (2008, November 12). Rauschenberg and...
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...be the first word to pop into a person's mind when these colors are described to them. These bright, contrasting colors simply have no right to be on the same canvas as one another, let alone create the image of a movie icon. Yet this was the whole point of Andy Warhol’s, Marilyn, painted in 1967. Breaking away from tradition, this was one of many portraits Andy painted in his artistic lifetime, and a prime example of the ever so popular movement called Pop Art. Not only did he start a movement, but as he became more and more well known, Warhol broke down boundaries, creating the art world we have today. Born in Pittsburgh in 1928, Andrew Warhola lived a simple life. Youngest...
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...Multidisciplinar POP ART CAMPINAS 2014 Felipe prado gomes - c16595-6 JOÃO PEDRO MACEDO DORETTO SILVA - C056HH-5 LETÍCIA CARRARO - C1166G-9 LUCAS EDUARDO MENDES GABRIEL - 430770-4 MAÍSA SILVA DE ARAÚJO - C28948-5 PRISCILA DERICO BORGHI - C25AFF-9 VERÔNICA DE SOUZA CAMPOS - C105IC-2 PIM - Projeto Integrado Multidisciplinar POP ART Trabalho realizado através de pesquisa sobre Pop Art, no 1º semestre de Fotografia da UNIP, sob orientação do: Supervisor Acadêmico: Darci Campioti CAMPINAS 2014 Sumário 1. o que é pop art 3 1.1. Origem e influências 3 1.2. História 4 1.2.1. América 5 1.2.2. Inglaterra 7 1.2.3. Europa 7 2. os objetivos, a filosofia e os métodos do pop art 8 2.1. Significado imediato 8 2.2. A arte pode ser feita a partir de qualquer coisa 9 2.3. A idéia é mais importante que a arte em si 9 2.4. Um estilo de arte mais relevante e mais inclusivo 10 2.5. Espelhando-se na sociedade 10 3. tendências PÓS MODERNISTAS 11 4. pRINCIPAIS ARTISTAS 11 4.1. Peter Blake 11 4.2. Wayne Thiebaud 12 4.3. Roy Lichtensten 13 4.4. Jasper Johns 13 4.5. Robert Rauschenberg 14 4.6. Andy Warhol 14 5. PRINCIPAIS OBRAS DO POP ART 15 5.1. Andy Warhol 15 5.2. Peter Blake 18 5.3. Wayne Thiebaud 20 5.4. Roy Lichtenstein 22 5.5. Jasper Johns 23 6. LIVRO OBJETO 25 6.1. Proposta 25 6.2. Método 26 7. REFERÊNCIAS BIBLIOGRAFICAS 28 o que é pop art O termo Pop Art foi...
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...Pop Art is a 20th century art movement that utilized the imagery and techniques of consumerism and popular culture. It does not describe a style; it is rather a collective term for the artistic phenomena in which the sense of being in a particular era found its concrete expression. When we apply the word “Pop” to art, we tend to associate with it various superficial aspects of society. The increasing commercialization which permeates our social reality has reduced notions of value such as “the good, the true and the beautiful”. The rules of civilization mould our images of people and things, and of nature and technology. Pop is cheerful, ironic and critical, quick to respond to the slogans of the mass media, whose stories make history, and whose clichéd models determine our behaviour. Pop is entirely a Western cultural phenomenon, born under capitalist, technological conditions in an industrial society. The centre of this was America, so as a result the cultures of the entire Western world have become Americanized. Pop Art analyses this and provides a visual response of our societies achievements in industry and fashion, but also of their absurdities; it traces the limits of a mass media society bursting out at the seams. Pop culture and lifestyle became closely intertwined in the sixties. The subject matter, forms and media of Pop Art reveal the essential characteristics of a cultural atmosphere and way of life we tend to associate with the sixties. The subject matter...
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...Pop art is now most associated with the work of New York artists of the early 1960s such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenquist, and Claes Oldenburg, but artists who drew on popular imagery were part of an international phenomenon in various cities from the mid-1950s onwards. Following the popularity of the Abstract Expressionists, Pop's reintroduction of identifiable imagery (drawn from mass media and popular culture) was a major shift for the direction of modernism. The subject matter became far from traditional "high art" themes of morality, mythology, and classic history; rather, Pop artists celebrated commonplace objects and people of everyday life, in this way seeking to elevate popular culture to the level of fine art. Perhaps owing to the incorporation of commercial images, Pop art has become one of the most recognizable styles of modern art. By creating paintings or sculptures of mass culture objects and media stars, the Pop art movement aimed to blur the boundaries between "high" art and "low" culture. The concept that there is no hierarchy of culture and that art may borrow from any source has been one of the most influential characteristics of Pop art. It could be argued that the Abstract Expressionists searched for trauma in the soul, while Pop artists searched for traces of the same trauma in the mediated world of advertising, cartoons, and popular imagery at large. But it is perhaps more precise to say that Pop artists were the first to recognize...
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...Mr. Spence | Pop Art | A Creative American art movement | || Art 0150/03 | | Art Research project “Pop Art” Beginning in Britain in the late 1950’s, Pop Art was an exquisite way to express independence around the society, during this time Britain was emerging from ‘post war’ years. Pop art began as a movement that expressed modern times. The first people to begin using the term Pop Art was a group of artist who called themselves The Independent Group. These students attended the Institute of Contemporary Art in London. The meaning of pop art is to appreciate popular/mass culture, otherwise known as the “visual art movement”. Before pop art, artist used abstract ways to compel their paintings. They also used geometric shapes in their pictures, such as circles, lines, triangles, cubes and cones. Pop artist embraced post W11 and the media boom from after the war. Pop art began as the marketing for commercial goods and the endorsement of the products the society socialized. After World War 2, there were many new ads were circulating and many more products were appearing. People began watching T.V. and movies; artist noticed the trend and started to use common ads as symbols of their art. The majority of Pop artist began their careers in commercial art such as Andy Warhol, Ed Ruscha, and James Rosenquist. Andy Warhol is a famous Pop Artist. Warhol’s works explored artistic expression, celebrity culture, advertisement and marketing that boomed in the...
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...Andy Warhol was one of the most imaginative, thought-provoking, and influential artists of the twentieth century. He was a key figure in the development of Pop Art, an artistic movement originating in the 1960s. Pop Art was an alternative to the art style Abstract Expressionism. Abstract Expressionism was serious, philosophical, and most people found it hard to understand. Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko where stars of this style. In Pop Art, common objects are the subject of the artwork. Artists like Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein took inspiration from comic strips, commercial goods, and advertising. Warhol's art was a commentary on our consumerist society and would inspire both outrage and delight alike. He was also fascinated by fame and the famous, creating silk-screen images of celebrities. Warhol challenged accepted ideas of what art should be and was responsible for breaking down the barrier between art and commercial design. When Andy Warhol was alive he was very mysterious about his origins. He would often make up a different story every time he was asked. After his death the truth's about where he came from was released. Andy Warhol was born Andrew Warhola on August 6, 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Slovakian immigrants Ondrej and Julia Warhola. He had two older brothers John and Paul. In 1929 Andy's father had his gallbladder removed. The surgery didn't immediately kill him but it did lead to his death years later. It was an ironic sense of foreshadowing...
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...Andy Warhol was best known for mass-producing images of mass-produced objects. His work from the 1960s revolved around American Pop culture. He painted dollar bills, celebrities, brand name products and images from newspaper clippings- many of the latter were iconic images from headline stories of the decade. His subjects were instantly recognizable, and often had a mass appeal- this aspect interested him most and it unifies his paintings from this period. Warhol stated that when Marilyn Monroe died ', I got the idea to make screens of her beautiful face the first Marilyns' For him, she symbolised the apex of the beauty that Hollywood glitz and glamour had to offer. She was a household name, and it is clear that, in her fame, Andy Warhol greatly admired and looked up to her. This is why i believe he painted her after her death Xx "...and you said you thought "...and you said you thought that coming so close to death was really like coming so close to life, because life is nothing." - A recount of a dialogue with Andy after the assassination atempt from The Philosophy of Andy Warhol. In the early sixties Warhol became deeply interested in death. Searching for new material Warhol serched the media and became fascinated by pictures of electric chairs, car crashes, and race riots. As a result he created the Death in America series, and the viewers were shocked. Warhol blatantly depicted death over and over again shown off centered, layered, or ripped down the middle, and...
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...Andy Warhol’s Subject Matter of the 1960s During the 1960s, Andy Warhol decided to experiment with pop art, a style of art that developed in England during the mid-1950s and produced realistic variations of well-known, everyday objects. He moved away from his technique of the blotted line and instead used canvas and paint. At first he had difficulty choosing what he was going to paint, but throughout the course of his pop art era he focused on four main subjects: product paintings, cartoon paintings, movie stars, and death. His first versions of pop art were called product paintings. These paintings showed popular consumer items that were familiar to the average American person, such as Brillo soap pads, Coca-Cola bottles, and the most famous of all, Campbell’s soup cans. He chose products such as these because they were top-selling products in the United States and they were considered important, useful, and economical by consumers. He drew his inspiration from the leftover Campbell’s soup cans and Coca-Cola bottles that he used at lunch. Andy Warhol’s second type of paintings was drawn from comic strips and comic books. Examples of these cartoon paintings include Dick Tracy (1961) and Superman (1960). Although he had begun to produce these before the product paintings, this phase lasted only a short period of time – once he discovered that Roy Lichtenstein was also painting characters from comic strips (seen in Castelli’s Gallery), he decided that he needed to find a different...
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