Maggie and Nikki's pop art presentation for Honors Mod Lit

1. POP ART
By Nikki Cotham and Maggie
Adzima

2. What was going on in society?
• America was a superpower after World War 2
• Consumerism
• Convenient and accessible lifestyles
• Cold War brings some fear to society

3. The History of Pop Art
• Started after World War 2
• Britain wanted to redefine culture
• 1952- Hamilton’s “Independent Group”
• Differences between British and American pop
art

4. What is Pop Art??
• Time of optimism
• One of the biggest art movements of the 20th century
• Generally easy to interpret
• Seemed mass-produced
• Pop artists often liked to use celebrities in their art work
• This art movement has become one of the most recognizable
styles of modern art

5. Methods/Materials
• Bright colors, bold and simple designs, usually eye-catching
• Mass-produced (like a machine)
• Vinyl, acrylics, aluminum
• Collage techniques became popular
• Clear lines, sharp paintwork, and easy to understand
representations of popular culture symbols
• Silkscreen method was also very popular (is easy and cheap)
• Benday dots

6. Jasper Johns
• Born 1930 in Georgia
• Inspired by ready-mades and dadaism
• Best known for his works using flags
• Concerned with intention and art meanings

7. Jasper Johns
Three Flags-1958 False Start-1959

8. Jasper Johns
Map 1967-1971 Zero to Nine-1959

9. Roy Lichtenstein
• Born and died in New York City (1923-1997)
• Inspired by college professor at Rutgers
University
• “benday dots” with comic book style
• Liked art to be industrial and impersonal

10. Roy Lichtenstein pics
Whamm!- 1963 Little Big Painting- 1965

11. Roy Lichtenstein
Blonde-1965
Still Life with Net,Shell, Rope and
Pulley-1972

12. Andy Warhol
• 1928-1987
• Silkscreen printing
• He called his studio “The Factory” because he loved feeling like a machine
• Famous paintings include his Campbell Soup collection images, “Triple
Elvis”, “210 Coca-Cola Bottles”, “Marilyn Diptych” and “Liz 6”
• His art reflects Duchamp’s ready-mades, and he is similar to a Dadaist
• He founded the New York Academy of Art in 1979
• In his late career he was criticized as a “business artist”
• Said there wasn’t much behind his work

13. Andy Warhol
Triple Elvis -1963 Campbells’s Condensed Tomato Soup-1962

14. Andy Warhol
Brillo Boxes Texan-1963

15. Robert Rauschenberg
• 1925-2008
• Combined real objects with collage and painting
• Awarded the National Medal of Arts in ‘93
• Considered a “Neo-Dadaist”
• Developed a method of combining oil painting with photographic
silkscreen
• He believed “painting is more like the real world if it’s made out of
the real world.”
• Known for his “Combines” which is a compilation of paintings and
sculptures using everyday items

16. Robert
Rauschenberg
Retroactive 1-1964 Overdrive-1963

17. Robert Rauschenberg
Wall Street-1961 Black Market-1961

18. How did people react?
• Not intelligent or talented
• Simply advertising
• “cartoony, exaggerated and cynical”
• More accepted as time went on
• One of most recognizable movements

19. What effect did pop art have?
• Pop art still influences art today, as some artists use
a combination of pop art and other styles of art in
their pieces
• Pop art has influenced the fashion industry, as the
bold designs from this art movement make great
fashion statements
• Decreased the gap between high art and pop
culture
• Gave people a new perspective on consumerism

20. Pop Art is…
• Focused on consumerism
• Mass production
• Now understood and recognized worldwide
• THANKS FOR LISTENING!!!!!!!