POP ARTA Lesson in Color Theory

POP ART

In the future everyone will be

World-Famous for 15 minutes.

… Andy Warhol

This quotation has produced a common cliché about fame in pop-culture which is called "15 minutes of fame“.

It has often been paraphrased or misquoted in various ways, including:

In the future, everybody will be world famous for 15 minutes.

In the future everyone will have their fifteen minutes of fame.

When Andy Warhol was asked about this quote, he would corrupt it intentionally, including:

In the future, fifteen people will be famous.

In fifteen minutes, everyone will be famous.

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 artists who drew on popular imagery to create their artworks.

Pop art was a part of an international phenomenon whichsaw major developments in various cities from the mid 1950s onwards.

Key Ideas and Information 'Pop' was a term first applied to popular culture rather than to art which borrowed from that culture, but it would be one of the goals of the Pop art movement to blur the boundaries between 'high' art and 'low' popular culture. The notion that there is no hierarchy of culture, and that art may borrow from any source and mix it with others, regardless of their context and history, has been one of the most important characteristics of Postmodernism as a cultural moment.

Although Pop art encompasses a wide variety of work with very different attitudes and postures, much of it is emotionally cold towards its subject matter.

In contrast to the 'hot' expressivism of the gestural abstraction that preceded it, Pop art is generally 'coolly' ambivalent. Whether this suggests an acceptance of the popular world, or a shocked withdrawal, has been the subject of much debate.

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 truer to say that Pop artists were the first to recognize that we cannot have unmediated access to everything - be it the soul, the natural world, or the built environment. Everything is connected.

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 truer to say that Pop artists were the first to recognize that we cannot have unmediated access to everything - be it the soul, the natural world, or the built environment. Everything is connected.

VOCABULARY• Pop Art Movement : Pop Art is short for

Popular Art. It is inspired by comic strips, advertising, everyday items, and popular entertainment. The Pop Art Movement began in the 1950’s, but became well known in the 1960’s.

• Contemporary Art Movement: Art from the 1960's or 70's up until this very minute.

ANDY WARHOLPortrait of Princess Dianna

ANDY WARHOLLips

ANDY WARHOLMickey Mouse

ANDY WARHOLMao Tse-Tung

ANDY WARHOLMao Tse-Tung

ANDY WARHOLMarilyn Monroe

POP

ARTIST

ANDY WARHOL

POP

ARTISTPETER BLAKE

POP

ARTIST

PETER BLAKE

PETER BLAKEPOP

ARTIST

POP

ARTIST

ROY LICHTENSTEIN

POP

ARTIST ROY LICHTENSTEIN

POP

ARTIST KEITH HERRING

POP

ARTIST KEITH HERRING

POP

ARTIST JASPER JOHNS

POP

ARTIST

JASPER JOHNS

James Rosenquist

James Rosenquist

Claes Oldenburg

Claes Oldenburg

Primary Colors

Red, Yellow and Blue are the primary colors.

These are the three basic colors that are used to mix all hues.

Secondary Colors

Orange, Green and Purple are the secondary colors. They are achieved by mixing two primary colors together.

Tertiary Colors

Tertiary (or Intermediate) colors are more subtle hues which are achieved by mixing a primary and a secondary color that are adjacent on the color wheel.

Complementary Colors

Definition: Colors that are on opposite sides of the color wheel

Examples:Blue and OrangeRed and GreenYellow and VioletBlue green and Red orangeYellow green and Red violetBlue violet and Yellow orange

Analogous Colors

Definition: Colors that are side by side on the color wheel

Examples:Red and VioletViolet and BlueBlue and GreenGreen and YellowYellow and OrangeOrange and Red

Monochromatic Colors

Definition: A color scheme that uses just one color with different values of that color.

Value is the lightness and darkness of a colorTint is when you add white to a color and Shade is when you add black to a color. Examples:Red and PinkRed and BurgundyBlue green and AquaBlue green and Teal

Neutral Colors

Definition: Colors that are not on the color wheel

such as…..BrownsGraysBlacksWhites

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Assignment1. Select a Color

Scheme you want to use.

2. Select the colors that match the definition of your color scheme.

3. Write down the formulas for making your chosen color.

4. Write the color scheme and color names on the back of your project paper.

5. Draw the soup can label on your project paper.

6. Start by drawing a rectangle that uses the ratio of ½ for the size of the can.

7. Add the center line and circle

8. Copy the label design exactly.

Assignment Part 21. Paint the top or the

bottom background of the label.

2. Paint according to your stated color scheme on the back of your paper.

3. Paint around your letters.

4. Smooth your paint strokes.

Grading RubricGrade Opaque

TechniqueProcess Media Color Scheme Craftsmanship

NNot smooth and covering the image

Does not follow procedures or complete the process

Paint not even and applied correctly

No color scheme noted on project

Visible marks on paper, torn or bent paper, or paint not a applied neatly.

SSmooth and covering the image

Follows some procedures and does some of the process

Paint even and applied correctly

Color scheme noted on project and a applied to can label

No visible marks on paper, no torn or bent paper, or paint applied neatly.

ESmooth texture showing no strokes of the brush

Show that procedures are followed and completed in order for this process

Paint even and applied correctlyWith attention to detail of the label

Color scheme noted on project and a applied to can label with attention to subtle details

Care taken to present the project neatly and completely.

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