The pop art movement

1. The Pop Art Movement Alyssa Rollins, Leila Haddad, and Mona Patel

2. Pop art is: Popular (designed for a mass audience). Transient (short-term solution). E xpendable (easily-forgotten). L ow cost. Mass produced. Young (aimed at youth). Witty . Sexy. Gimmicky . Glamorous . Big business. This is just the beginning… Richard Hamilton in a Letter to Alison and Peter Smithson, 16 January 1957

3. Origin Timeline: mid 1950’s to early 1970’s (time of economic prosperity) Concept first originated in Britain in early 1950’s by the Independent Group The word pop has several origins Link to Marcel Duchamp

4. Pop Art Aimed to blur the line between traditional art and popular culture (between “high” and “low” cultured art). Themes of daily object, mass media, and repetition, everyday life Coincided with Abstract Expressionism

5. Richard Hamilton, Just What Is It That Makes Today’s Homes So Different, So Appealing? 1956

6. Andy Warhol 1928-1987 Fashion illustrator, painter, sculptor, filmmaker, producer of the Velvet Underground, magazine publisher, philosopher, historian, diarist, model, photographer, and archivist. Started off as commercial artist One of the founding fathers of the pop art movement Themes: shoes, Campbell soup cans, Marilyn Monroe, Brillo pads, disasters The Factory Shot in 1968 by Valerie Solanas

7. Campbell Soup Cans, 1962

8. Gold Marilyn Monroe  (1962)

9. Marilyn Ditych , 1962

10. Orange Disaster 1963

11. Techniques Andy Warhol Used Silk-screening Repetition

12. Roy Lichtenstein Born in New York City on October 27, 1923 Grew up on Manhattan’s Upper West Side Inspired by advertisements and comic strips Bright, graphic images parodied popular culture Died in New York City on September 29, 1997

13. Girl with Ball, 1961 Roy Lichtenstein

14. “This was the first time I decided to make a painting really look like commercial art. The approach turned out to be so interesting that eventually it became impossible to do any other kind of painting.” -Roy Lichtenstein

15. Look Mickey , 1961 Roy Lichtenstein

16. Donald Duck: Lost and Found, 1960 Look Mickey , 1961

17. Drowning Girl , 1963 Roy Lichtenstein

18. Whaam !, 1963

19. Bedroom at Arles , 1992

20. Van Gogh’s Bedroom in Arles , 1888

21. Summary Dealt with painting, printmaking, and sculpture Originated in the mid-1950s Major artists in the United States include: Andy Warhol Roy Lichtenstein Jasper Johns Major artist in Britain: Richard Hamilton Difference between U.S. and Britain’s pop art is the U.S. seemed more united