Celebrity and pop art 1

1. An examination into how artists
have responded to celebrity.
Celebrity and Pop
Art

2. What is Pop Art?
•Pop art is one of the major art
movements of the twentieth century.
•It began in Britain and America in
the mid to late 1950s.
•Key features include the use of bold
colours, found images, reference to
popular culture such as comics,
advertising and films.

3. Andy Warhol
made many images
of celebrities,
especially
Marilyn Monroe,
using flat
colour.
Flat colour is
an area of
colour with the
same tonal value
throughout.

4. Warhol’s
favourite
method was
silk screen
printing.
He often used
repetition of
the same image
in his work.

5. •Use coloured paper, tissue paper, fineliner
•rework a found image of a celebrity.
Lesson 1

6. FAILE (Collective)
Alternative Lesson
•In sketchbooks respond to the work of FAILE.
•Use a range of found images from comics and
•propaganda posters to create a collage.

7. Homework
Level 5
 
Work back into a found image of a celebrity of your
choice.
Repeat this task 4 times across 4 pages.
In each image use different colours and different media to
rework your found image.
Use bold flat colour and strong tonal contrasts.
 
Level 6
 
Draw a celebrity of your choice working from the same
found image.
Repeat this task 4 times across 4 pages.
In each image you must demonstrate a different formal element
and different media:
One line drawing (no shading)
One tonal drawing (strong contrast)
Two different colour drawings (consider colour harmony)
 
 
Level 7 to 8
 
Create 4 colour studies using different media in your
sketchbook of a celebrity of your choice working in response
to either Andy Warhol's Marilyn series or the work of
Elizabeth Peyton.
Working from your most successful study…
Paint your chosen celebrity (on canvas or board).
Use bold colour to achieve the desired effect.
Photograph your final piece and put it in your sketchbook .

8. •Create mono prints of a celebrity.
•Put into your sketchbook.
Lesson 2

9. Alternative Lesson
•Acetone Print Transfer.
•Use found images
•Transfer into your
•sketchbook.

10. •Use ready-made stencils to print
repeating patterns.
•Look at examples of pattern in the work
of Shepard Fairey.
Lesson 3

11. Alternative Lesson
•Create abstract backgrounds using
different sizes of sequin waste and spray
paint; or
•Use different found objects to create
backgrounds.

12. Shepard Fairey

13. Street Art
Lesson 4
•Discuss Street Art and
•Analyse the work of Shepard Fairey

14. Mise en Scene
(“Setting in Scene”) Look carefully at the picture and write
a paragraph explaining what is going on in the scene from
an objective/impartial viewpoint.
Process
What has the artist used to make the art work? Consider the materials
and media. Has it been presented in a special way?
Keywords
Write down a list of 5-10 keywords in response to this picture:
Image Analysis: Writing Frame
TITLE: Hope
DATE: 2008
ARTIST: Shepard Fairey
Title:
How does the title of the work contribute to your understanding of the work?
Content
What do you think are the intentions of the artist? what kind of mood
is created? What wider issues do you think the artist is exploring?
What ideas could you take from the artist and explore in your work?

15. Hope (2008) consists of a stylized stencil
portrait of Obama.
The design was created in one day and
printed first as a poster. Fairey sold 350
of the posters on the street immediately
after printing them. It was then more
widely distributed
The poster was inspired by Social
Realism and, while widely praised as
original and unique, can be seen as part
of a long tradition of contemporary
artists drawing inspiration from political
candidates and producing "posters that
break the mold not only in terms of color
and style but also in message and tone.“

Fairey himself has said, "My historical
inspiration was the well-known JFK
portrait where he is posed in a three-
quarters view looking slightly upward and
out into the distance. The image of
Lincoln on the five- dollar bill has a
similar feel."
Source
(Wikipedia)

16. Homework
Level 5
Create a double page spread and title page on Shepard Fairey
and Street art.
Use found images and include your own drawings of his work.
Make this double page spread visually exciting and ensure you use
colour.
Include 10 facts about his work.
Level 6
Write a structured analysis of one of Shepard Fairey's images.
Present this across 2 pages in your sketchbook.
Use the following headings :
• Mis en Scene,
• Key Words,
• Title
• Process and
• Content
Make your double page visually exciting.
Level 7 to 8
Compare and contrast the work of Andy Warhol with Shepard Fairey.
Research this thoroughly first, then using your own words…
Provide a clear definition of both Pop art and Street art.
What is Street art?
How is it different from Pop art?
What are the similarities and differences in the work of Warhol and
Shepard Fairey?
Use written and visual examples to present your findings across 2
pages in your sketchbook. Make your double page visually exciting.

17. Shepard Fairey
http://www.243support.co.uk/__howTo/_imgs/243STENCILS.pdf

18. What is Street Art?
How is it different
from Pop Art?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM2IW8hv5m8&safe=active

19. The History of Street Art
http://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/audio/street-art-talks-history-street-art

20. Banksy

21. Banksy

22. EELUS

23. BTOY

24. Jef Aerosol
http://stencilry.org/main/

25. Cut out stencils and use a dry sponge and
acrylic to create one colour stencil prints
of people.
Lesson 5

26. Lesson 6

Cut out stencils and use a dry sponge and
acrylic to create a two colour stencil print
of people.

27. Lesson 7

•Develop high contrast drawing using only
•black white and mid toned grey.

28. Lesson 8
•Make a background to put your celebrity
•stencils on.
•Background can be:
•Repeating Pattern (Shepard Fairey)
•OR
•Simulated Brick Texture (brick wallpaper)

29. Homework
Create your own Stencil
Look at examples by Banksy, Shepard Fairey and Eelus.
You need to create a high contrast image first and then
print this to card.
Then cut out different layers carefully using a sharp
cutting knife (be very careful!).
Stencil print with acrylic and dry sponge or spray paint.
 
Level 5
 
Create a one layer stencil of your celebrity and print
this into your sketchbook.
OR
Copy in detail one image by Shepard Fairey, Banksy or
Eelus.
 
Level 6
 
Create a two layer stencil of your celebrity and print
this in your sketchbook.
This could be in black and white or two contrasting
colours.
 
Level 7 to 8
 
Create a multilayer stencil (3 or 4 colours of
differing values) of your celebrity and print this in your
sketchbook.
 
Scale up and print onto A3 board or canvas.
Photograph your outcomes.

30. Lesson 9
•Discuss the use of repetition in the work of
•Shepard Fairey;
•Repeat stencil images across your background.

31. Lesson 10
•Continue with repeated motifs in the
•background similar to the ‘Obey’ motif.
•Include:
•Text
•Second colour stencil
•Pattern
•Collage

32. Lesson 11 and 12
•Cutting out main stencil of Celebrity.
•Create test prints.
•Print onto your background.

33. Lesson 11 and 12
•Print lightest layer first.
•When dry repeat with mid tone
•then finally the darkest tones.

34. Lesson 13
•Refine outcomes with further
•use of patterns in the background.

35. Cover Task
Jamie Reid is a British born
artist, most famous for his
use of ‘ransom note’ style
lettering.
Task
•Use an image of a celebrity.
•Tear areas away around the
eyes and/or mouth for text.
•Stick down on a black
background.
•Create a short message that
relates to the person by
using ‘ransom note
lettering.’ The words could
be lyrics, or famous
quotations etc.

36. Street artist D*Face has referenced Jamie Reid’s work
in this image of the Queen, but whose work is more
shocking?
D*FACE