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This is an overview of the history of Pop art and Op art.
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P O P
A R T
& OP ART BY ANDREA BLANCO
OVERVIEWemerged in the 1950sChallenged traditionEmploys advertising & comic booksMuch of it considered incongruentAimed to use pictures of popular as opposed to elitist culture in art
OVERVIEWIt removes an object from its content and isolates or combines it with other objects
OVERVIEWIt is widely interpreted as a reaction to the “painterly loos-ness” of Abstract Expressionism
OVERVIEWIt is very similar to Dada
OVERVIEWIt precedes Postmodern Art
ORIGINSAmerica - Elvis Presley era Hard-edged composition Representational art Occurred in the context of bigger social issues (Civil rights & Vietnam War) Response to irony & parody Used to diffuse personal symbolism US artists were inspired by the experiences of living within that culture - Real life
ORIGINSBritain - The Beatles era Emerged simultaneously, but independently of America Juxtaposes images of American culture to mock them through contrast More academic Focus on pardoxical imagery of American pop culture Fueled by the US culture viewed from afar - powerful & manipulative
ORIGINSExtension & repudation of Dada Both explored similar subjects Replaced destructive, satirical, and anarchic impulses Used artifacts of mass culture
artist’s work that led up to Pop Art...
Pablo PicassoCo-founder of Cubism
Pablo Picasso
Marcel DuchampDadaist & Surrealist movements
Kurt SchwittersDada, Constructivism & Surrealism
Man RaySurrealism & Dadaism
In the United StatesAlthough developed in the 50s, more widespread in the 60sBy the 60s advertising was much more sophisticatedArtists had to search deeper for dramatic stylesStyles meant to separate from well designed materials
British thoughts: US pop art is romantic, sentimental & humorous British produced aggressive work
Important Pop artists
Andy Warhol
Most famous pop art figureShared a commonplace image of American pop culture with manyTreated the subject in an impersonal manner illustrating mass productionAttempted to take pop art beyond art, to a lifestyleWork often displays lack of human affection, similar to work of his peers
1928-1987
Roy Lichtenstein1923-1997
His work defines the basic premise of pop art bestSubject matter: Old-fashioned comic stripProduced hard-edged, very precise compositionsCompositions document while parody
Robert Rauschenberg1925-2008
Related to earlier work of Schwitters & other DadaistsBiggest concern: Social issues of the movementAprroach: create art out of ephemeral materials, using topical eventsWork was classified as Neo-Dada, visually distincitve from classic US pop art
“I really feel sorry for people who think
things like soap dishes or mirrors or Coke bottles are ugly, because they’re sur-
rounded by things like that all day long, and it must make them
miserable”
OP ART
OVERVIEWStyle of visual art using optical illusionsMany of the works are very abstractMost well known peices are black & white
When view looks at the art, the impression is given of movement, hidden images, flashing and vibration, patterns or swelling and warping
“Optical art is a method of painting con-cerning the interaction between illusion & picture plane, between understanding &
seeing”
HISTORYDerived from BauhausMovement started when many instructors fled to the US when Bauhaus closedTook its’ root in Chicago“Pictures that attack the eye”
OP ART
Op artists
Victor Vasarely
Hajime Ouchi
Works Citedhttp://poparthistory.webs.com/robertrauschenberg.htm
http://www.art.com/products/p13861781-sa-i2784968/robert-rauschenberg-pop-art-is-transom-c1963.htm
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nation-world/2004412293_rausch14.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Rauschenberg
http://simonyshs.wikispaces.com/Pop+Art
http://www.fazzino.com/pop-art-history-evolution.htm
http://sugarluxeblog.com/tag/roy-lichtenstein/