what is pop art?

12

Upload: monicons

Post on 13-Jul-2015

2.091 views

Category:

Documents


0 download

TRANSCRIPT

An art movement that

emerged in the mid-

1950s in Britain, and

in the late 1950s in the

United States

Pop art employs aspects of:- mass culture

- advertising,- comic books- mundane cultural objects

Roy Lichtenstein New York (October 27, 1923 – September 29, 1997) Drowning Girl

He was one of the first graffiti artists in Paris, and has been described as the “Father of Stencil Graffiti”

“The iconic stencils of rats”

Rosenquist adapted the visual language ofadvertising and pop culture (oftenfunny, vulgar, and outrageous) to the contextof fine art

"Gift Wrapped Doll #37"

He was an American artist associated

with the Pop art movement who

worked in painting, collage and

sculpture.

Still Life #20,mixed

media, 1962

His works explore the relationship

between artistic expression, celebrity

culture and advertisement that flourished

by the 1960s

He created several “mass-produced”images from photographs of celebritiessuch as Marilyn Monroe