POP ART :COMIC STRIPS

Pop Art Unit: Part II

ROY LICHTENSTEIN: POP ARTIST

Roy Lichtenstein, BLAM

Roy Lichtenstein, Girl with a Hair Ribbon

Roy Lichtenstein, CRAK!

Roy Lichtenstein, HopelessRoy Lichtenstein, The Kiss

POP ARTIST:ROY LICHTENSTEIN

1923-1997

Considered pop art ‘industrial’ painting

Influenced by media and popular advertising

Mixed text and image Art known for having

an unmistakably ‘American’ quality

Printmaker, painter

ROY LICHTENSTEIN

From a 1964 article in LIFE Magazine… A critic of the New York Times, hedging only a bit,

pronounced Roy Lichtenstein "one of the worst artists in America."

Others insist that he is no artist at all, that his paintings of blown-up comic strips, cheap ads and reproductions are tedious copies of the banal.

But an equally emphatic group of critics, museum officials and collectors find Lichtenstein's pop art "fascinating"," forceful", "starkly beautiful".

Provocative though they are, Lichtenstein's paintings have done more than stir up controversy. They have done something significant to art.

From a 1966 Interview by BBC Third Programme with David

Sylvester… David Sylvester: What do you think of as the

main sources of your language?

Roy Lichtenstein: Well, I think in some ways, really, Cubism, but of course cartooning itself and commercial art are obviously an influence. But I think the aesthetic influence on me is probably more Cubism than anything. I think even the cartoons themselves are influenced by Cubism, because the hard-edged character which is brought about by the printing creates a kind of cubist look which perhaps wasn't intended.

CUBISM vs. POP ART

Pablo Picasso, Self Portrait

Roy Lichtenstein, Cubist Still Life with Playing Cards

Pablo Picasso, Still Life with Mandolin

Roy Lichtenstein, Self Portrait

Pop Art Project:Things to Consider

Notice use of bold primary and secondary colors

Consider use of text Take into account

emotion and drama in your photos

Photo Assignment

For this project you will need to: Take four photos that are appropriate for

this assignment. This means: Photos capturing emotion You may want to have people pose for your

photos Close-up photos with a simple background

Have these photos ready to use in class by Monday, March 9th

Photos will be worth a grade (100 points)

These are bad photos for this assignment…

Blurry pic - too scattered, no focus point, bad

lighting

Cool pic -but not for this project, out of focus

Beautiful sky – not right for this project

Fun Pic – too detailed for this project. A close-up version of this pic would be better

These would be better photos to use…

Shows emotion, visually interesting, simple background

Shows emotion, could add text to make this photo more interesting

Intriguing, serious, part of a story

Romantic, pondering, focused figure

Action, intensity, close-up

References

Beardsworth, John (through O’Reilly). Photoshop: Fine Art Effects Cookbook. The Pop Art comic strip pp. 162-163. The Ilex Press Limited, 2006.

CodeIdol. The Pop Art comic strip. http://codeidol.com/graphics/ photoshop-effects/PAINTERS-amp-PRINTMAKERS/The-Pop-Art-comic-strip/. Accessed 5 March 2009.

Roy Lichtenstein Foundation. http://www.lichtenstein foundation.org/. Accessed 3 March 3009.

Artcyclopedia. Roy Lichtenstein. http://www.artcyclopedia.com/ artists/lichtenstein_roy.html. Accessed 5 March 2009.