Art of the POPULAR CULTURE
Pop Art was …
brash YOUNG
fun
hostile
1960’s
Different styles of painting
Different styles of sculpture
interest in mass-media, mass-
production and mass-culture
Lawrence Alloway
British Pop Art
Richard Hamilton
British Pop Art
Eduard Paolozzi
‘Bunk’(short for Bunkum)
‘ I was a Rich Man’s Plaything by Eduardo Paolozzi (1947 collage)
RICHARD HAMILTON (1922- 2011)
'Just what is it that makes today's homes so different, so appealing?‘(1956 collage)
AMERICAN POP ART
Featuring the work of:
JASPER JOHNSROY LICHTENSTEINANDY WARHOLCLAES OLDENBURG
Pop Art was originally a U.S. and British movement in the 1950s and 60s to react against Abstract Expressionism
Abstract ExpressionismFocused on elements rather than objects
Pop ArtFocused on recognizable objects
Jasper JohnO Known for assemblage (‘Junk’)
Sculpture
O ‘Neo-Dadaist’ more than a Pop Artist
Target With Four Faces, (1955)
Painted Bronze, 1960
Andy Warhol(1928-1987)
O silkscreens of celebrities and everyday objects
Pete Rose, 1985.Campbell’s Soup Can, 1967.
Green Marilyn, 1962.
Mick Jagger, 1975.
Self Portrait, 1964.
Roy Lichtenstein(1923-1997)
Created art with a COMIC-BOOK style
Colors are basic, black-outlined
Skin colors created with BENDAY DOTS…
Temple of Apollo, 1964
Bedroom at Arles, 1992.
(Screenprint)
Roy Lichtenstein Vincent Van Gogh
Cubist Still Life with Playing Cards, 1974.
Artist’s Studio (The Dance), 1974
Known for creating large-scale versions of recognizable objects
Claes Oldenburg
Giant Hamburger, 1962
Softlight Switches,1963-69.
Floor Cake, 1962.
Spoon bridge and Cherry, 1985-1988
Clothespin, 1976.
Free Stamp (Cleveland), 1991
Corridor Pin, Blue, 1999.
Flying Pins, 2000.
Happy Rizzi House, 2001 Brunswick, Germany