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BY ANDREA BLANCO
OVERVIEW
emerged in the 1950s Challenged tradition Employs advertising & comic books Much of it considered incongruent Aimed to use pictures of popular as opposed to elitist culture in art
OVERVIEW It removes an object from its content and isolates or combines it with other objects
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It is widely interpreted as a reaction to the “painterly loosness” of Abstract Expressionism
OVERVIEW It is very similar to Dada
OVERVIEW It precedes Postmodern Art
ORIGINS America - Elvis Presley era Hard-edged composition Representational art Occurred in the context of bigger social issues (Civil rights & Vietnam War) Response to irony & parody Used to diffuse personal symbolism US artists were inspired by the experiences of living within that culture - Real life
ORIGINS Britain - The Beatles era Emerged simultaneously, but independently of America Juxtaposes images of American culture to mock them through contrast More academic Focus on pardoxical imagery of American pop culture Fueled by the US culture viewed from afar - powerful & manipulative
ORIGINS Extension & repudation of Dada Both explored similar subjects Replaced destructive, satirical, and anarchic impulses Used artifacts of mass culture
artist’s work that led up to Pop Art...
Pablo Picasso Co-founder of Cubism
Pablo Picasso
Marcel Duchamp
Dadaist & Surrealist movements
Kurt Schwitters
Dada, Constructivism & Surrealism
Man Ray
Surrealism & Dadaism
In the United States Although developed in the 50s, more widespread in the 60s By the 60s advertising was much more sophisticated Artists had to search deeper for dramatic styles Styles meant to separate from well designed materials British thoughts: US pop art is romantic, sentimental & humorous British produced aggressive work
Important Pop artists
Andy Warhol 1928-1987
Most famous pop art figure Shared a commonplace image of American pop culture with many Treated the subject in an impersonal manner illustrating mass production Attempted to take pop art beyond art, to a lifestyle Work often displays lack of human affection, similar to work of his peers
Roy Lichtenstein 1923-1997
His work defines the basic premise of pop art best Subject matter: Old-fashioned comic strip Produced hard-edged, very precise compositions Compositions document while parody
Robert Rauschenberg 1925-2008
“I really feel sorry for people who think things like soap dishes or mirrors or Coke bottles are ugly, because they’re surrounded by things like that all day long, and it must make them miserable�
Related to earlier work of Schwitters & other Dadaists Biggest concern: Social issues of the movement Aprroach: create art out of ephemeral materials, using topical events Work was classified as Neo-Dada, visually distincitve from classic US pop art
OP ART
OVERVIEW Style of visual art using optical illusions Many of the works are very abstract Most well known peices are black & white When view looks at the art, the impression is given of movement, hidden images, flashing and vibration, patterns or swelling and warping “Optical art is a method of painting concerning the interaction between illusion & picture plane, between understanding & seeing�
HISTORY
Derived from Bauhaus Movement started when many instructors fled to the US when Bauhaus closed Took its’ root in Chicago “Pictures that attack the eye”
OP ART
Op artists
Victor Vasarely
Hajime Ouchi
Works Cited http://poparthistory.webs.com/robertrauschenberg.htm http://www.art.com/products/p13861781-sai2784968/robert-rauschenberg-pop-art-is-transomc1963.htm http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2004412293_rausch14.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Rauschenberg http://simonyshs.wikispaces.com/Pop+Art http://www.fazzino.com/pop-art-history-evolution.htm http://sugarluxeblog.com/tag/roy-lichtenstein/