POP ART

By Gwen Alvord

Started in Britain mid 1950s

Moved to USA late 1950s

POP ART IS…characterized by themes

and figures drawn from popular mass culture:

-COMIC BOOK

-ADVERTISEMENT

Emphasizes the bland and boring aspects of culture, chiefly through the use of irony.

IRONY (noun): something humorous based on contradiction.

“Three Machines” by Wayne Thiebaud

“The concept of pop art refers not as much to the art itself as to the

attitudes that led to it.”

Andy Warhol

While sick in bed, he drew, listened to the radio, and surrounded himself with pictures of celebrities.

Born it Pittsburgh PA to two Slovakian immigrants.

Became sick with Cholera in 3rd grade & was bedridden.

Studied COMMERCIAL ART at the Carnegie Institute of Technology

Sold for $100 million

1963 Silkscreen print

Eight Elvises

Silkscreen PrintingA screen made of silk is stretched over a frame.

Non-permeable materials are painted on the screen to create a stencil.

A roller covered in paint is rolled over the screen, transfering the image onto the material beneath it.

Warhol painted things that he liked most.

Roy Lichtenste

inComic book style art

Uses Ben-day dot technique in his art.

Claes Oldenbe

rg“spoonbridge and cherry” sculpture

“clothespin” statue in Philadelphia