Pop Art

By: Jennifer Sika

“Everything is beautiful. Pop is everything.”-Andy Warhol

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1 Andy Warhol. Digital image. Andy Warhol and Pop Art. N.p., 2011. Web. 18 Nov. 2012. <http://www.andywarhol.net/>.

Beginnings

• Started: Mid 1950s Ended: Early 1970s• “Independent Group”– Eduardo Paolozzi– Lawrence Alloway

• Britain Born – skeptical yet enthusiastic

Lichtenstein, Roy. Blonde girl looking in mirror. Digital image. The New York Times. Estate of Roy Lichtenstein, n.d. Web. 20 Nov. 2012.

<http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow>.

Andy Warhol

• Highly successful New York illustrator• Eastern European Immigrant poverty• Comic, Decorative, Whimsical• Death and Disaster vs. Marilyn Series• Career decline in 1968

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Roy Lichtenstein

• Accused of copying from comic books• Major shift away from Abstract Expressionism• Ben-Day dots• Embraced “low” art• "My use of evenly repeated dots…suggest that

my work is …definitely not a window into the world.”–Roy Lichtenstein

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Characteristics

• Most is emotionally removed• Embraced post-WWII manufacturing boom• Reintroduces imagery into modern art• “‘Coolly’ ambivalent”

Johns, Jasper. The Map. 1978. Domenica-Press. MUSE-Letter, Jan. 2005. Web. 16 Nov. 2012. <http://www.domenicapress.com/>.

Jasper Johns

• Early work influenced by Abstract Expressionism• Bridged the gap between Abstract Expressionism

and Pop Art

Johns, Jasper. Target. 1955. National Gallery, Washington. Exhibitions. Targer, Apr. 2007. Web. Nov. 2012.

<http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/johnsinfo.shtm>.

Art Citations1 Warhol, Andy. Turquoise Marilyn. 1955. Private collection of Steven A. Cohen. Nov. 20122 Warhol, Andy. Tomato Soup. 1968. JSS Gallery Director. Web. Nov. 2012. <http://www.jssgallery.org/>.3 Warhol, Andy. Banana. 1966. Art.com. Web. Nov. 2012. <www.art.com/gallery/id--a76.../andy-warhol-banana-posters.htm>.4 Lichtenstein, Roy. Girl In Window. 1963. Whitney Museum of Modern Art, New York. Whitney FOR KIDS. Web. Nov. 2012.

<www.whitney.org>.5 Lichenstiein, Roy. The Kiss. 1962. Whitney Museum of Modern Art, New York. Whitney FOR KIDS. Nov. 2012 <www.whitney.org>\

Works Cited Andy Warhol. Digital image. Andy Warhol and Pop Art. N.p., 2011. Web. 18 Nov. 2012. <http://www.andywarhol.net/>.

"ART TERMS." MoMA.org. Oxford Press, 210. Web. 14 Nov. 2012. <http://www.moma.org/collection/theme.php?theme_id=10170>. Johns, Jasper. The Map. 1978. Domenica-Press. MUSE-Letter, Jan. 2005. Web. 16 Nov. 2012. <http://www.domenicapress.com/>. Johns, Jasper. Target. 1955. National Gallery, Washington. Exhibitions. Targer, Apr. 2007. Web. Nov. 2012. <http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/johnsinfo.shtm>. Lichtenstein, Roy. Blonde girl looking in mirror. Digital image. The New York Times. Estate of Roy Lichtenstein, n.d. Web. 20

Nov. 2012. <http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow>. Lichtenstein, Roy. Girl In Window. 1963. Whitney Museum of Modern Art, New York. Whitney FOR KIDS. Web. Nov. 2012.

<www.whitney.org>. "Pop Art." Pop Art Movement, Artists and Major Works. The Art Story Foundation, 2012. Web. 14 Nov. 2012. <http://

www.theartstory.org/movement-pop-art.htm>. Warhol, Andy. Banana. 1966. Art.com. Web. Nov. 2012. <www.art.com/gallery/id--a76.../andy-warhol-banana-posters.htm>. Warhol, Andy. Tomato Soup. 1968. JSS Gallery Director. Web. Nov. 2012. <http://www.jssgallery.org/>.