A Lesson in the American Artistic Movement;

By Aja Alim-Young

Pop Art

Pop Art n. A form of art that depicts objects or scenes from everyday life and employs techniques of commercial art and popular illustration.pop-art (pŏp'ärt') Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

What

When+ Where

How

A visual art movement that emerged in the 1950s and was popular in the 1960s in the United States.

Characterized by themes and techniques drawn from popular mass culture, such as television, movies, advertising and comic books.

Food was a common theme, but so were household objects.

Pop artists liked to satirize or ridicule objects, sometimes enlarging those objects to gigantic proportions . These objects reflected mass culture and consumerism.

The movement was marked by clear lines, sharp paintwork and clear representations of symbols, objects and people commonly found in popular culture.

Who

Andy Warhol Roy Lichtenstein Claes Oldenburg

Robert Rauschenberg Tom Wesselmann

Andy Warhol“Campbell’s Soup”1968

Andy Warhol“Sixteen Jackies”1964

Roy Lichtenstein“Hopeless”1963

Roy Lichtenstein“Whaam!”

1963

Roy Lichtenstein“Brush Stroke”1996, enlarged and fabricated 2002-03

Tom Wesselmann "Smoker number 1 (Mouth number 12)" 1967

Tom Wesselmann“Still Life #24”1962

Robert Raushchenberg“Signs”1970

Claes Oldenburg“Spoonbridge and Cherry”

1985-1988

Claes Oldenburg“Dropped Cone”2001

Summary of Major Themes in Pop Art

Subjects are often easily recognizable and reflect popular items, people or ideas from American Culture:

Food Brand Names and products Iconic FiguresCommon, everyday household items Current events

Stylistically pop art can be defined as: Simple, crisp linesOversized images or objectsOften reflects and copies the styles seen in the mediaCollages of popular imagesBright Colors Some work re-creates the same subject in several pieces or within the same piece

2D Pop Art Assignment

Materials:Tracing PaperAcrylic PaintCanvas PaperInk pen8” x 10” photo from magazine or own photo

Objective: Create a portrait or still life using techniques and themes inspired from pop art:

Clean, sharp lines Bright Colors Close-up and oversized subjects Products or iconic figuresThought BubblesCollages: different images of same subject or same image repeatedEasily recognizable subjects

Works Cited:

Slide 2 - Definition of Pop Art: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Pop ArtSlide 3- Information About Pop Art History: http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/popart/Slide 4- Photo of Andy Warhol: http://www.poolparty.com/quotes/images/2007/09/24/andy_warhol.jpg Photo of Roy Lichtenstein: http://media.photobucket.com/image/Roy%20Lichtenstein%20portrait/tomasu tpen/album4/lichtenstein.jpg Photo of Claes Oldenburg: http://s3.amazonaws.com/com.artwelove.asset/5f19ce303a0be2aa6ab3395d7dabbf f4-l.jpg Photo of Tom Wesselmann:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KZujt_O1vU/SdybvAXCCPI/AAAAAAAAAGM/1Q2ih3zGukg/s400/Tom_Wesselmann.jpg

Slide 5- Andy Warhol Campbell Soup Painting: http://yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au/~mplog/Art/Warhol_campbells%20soup.jpg

Andy Warhol Jackie Painting: http://annespeelman.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/andywarhol-jackie-kennedy-1964.jpg

Works CitedSlide 6- Roy Lichtenstein Girl Painting: http://baroqueinhackney.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/roy_lichtenstein_gallery _4.jpg Roy Lichtenstein Whaam Painting:

http://simplyartonline.net/M-0137v3wham.jpgSlide 7- Photos of Roy Lichtenstein Sculpture: photo by Aja Alim-Young 2009, In front of Modern Art Museum in Washington D.C.Slide 8- Tom Wesselmann Mouth Piece: http://www.findagrave.com/photos/2004/356/10164756_110373764570.jpg Tom Wesselmann Still life: http://media.photobucket.com/image/tom%20wesselmann/Death2Perky/24- l.jpgSlide 9- Robert Raushchenberg Painting: http://www.museumofthegulfcoast.org/images/rausch.jpg Slide 10- Spoon and cherry Sculpture: http://www.oldenburgvanbruggen.com/largescaleprojects/spoonbridge.htm Ice Cream Cone Sculpture:

http://www.oldenburgvanbruggen.com/largescaleprojects/droppedcone.htmSlide 11- Summary of key ideas by Aja Alim-Young, referred by http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/popart/Slide12- Line Art Examples: http://www.staceytownsend.com/turnmeintopopart/images/home_quadimage.pnghttp://www.melissaclifton.com/image158.html 2D Pop Art Assignment: Created by Aja Alim-Young