3. Pop Art was a visual art
movement that emerged in the
1950s in Britain and the United
States (Moffat, 2007).
It was one of the biggest art
movements of the twentieth
century and is characterized by
themes and techniques drawn
from popular mass culture, such
as television, movies, advertising
(Click on the image to watch a video about
Pop Art)
and comic books (Moffat, 2007).
Andy Warhol is considered the
“Father of Pop Art”
4. After a career as a
commercial illustrator, Warhol became
famous worldwide for his avant-garde
Pop Art paintings and screen printings.
Warhol used images from
tabloids and movie posters to talk
about America’s celebrity culture. He
used hard-edged shapes of solid color
to simplify a photograph. He would
mass produce these images for popular
culture (Moffat, 2007).
To check out Warhol’s museum click on his photo
8. Pop artists also liked to
satirize objects, sometimes
enlarging those objects to
gigantic proportions.
Oldenburg was famous for
creating large scale everyday
objects (Moffat,2007).
Food was a common theme,
but so were household
objects such as chairs and
toilets being made of squishy
plastic instead of the
Click on Oldenburg to visit his website materials you would
normally expect (Moffat,
2007).
13. Haring's bold lines and
active figures carry
strong messages of
vitality and unity. His
legacy made an impact
on late 20th century
art and grants us all a
vision for the future.
Haring opened the Pop
Shop, a retail store in
Soho selling T-shirts,
toys, posters, buttons
and magnets bearing
Click on Keith Haring to visit his website
his images.
18. Pop Art coincided with the
youth and pop music
phenomenon of the 1950s
and 1960s, frequently
appearing in advertisements
for musical bands and on
record covers, becoming
very fashionable. Afterwards
Pop Art came in a number of
waves, but all its adherents
shared some interest in the
urban, consumer, modern
experience (Moffat, 2007).
Click on Roy Lichtenstein to visit his website
22. Claes oldenburg. Retrieved from http://www.oldenburgvanbruggen.com
Lichtenstein foundation. Retrieved from
http://www.lichtensteinfoundation.org/
Moffat, C. (2007, November). Pop art. Retrieved from
http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/popart/
Haring's natal chart. (2004, September 14). Retrieved from
http://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Haring,_Keith
Powazek., D. (2009). Keith haring. Retrieved from
http://www.haring.com/about_haring/bio/index.html
Warhol museum. Retrieved from http://www.warhol.org/
