POP ART

Pop Art – An art movement and style that had its origins in England in the 1950s and made its way to the United States during the 1960s.

The 1950s were a period of optimism in Britain following the end of war-time rationing, and a consumer boom took place. The development of Pop Art was fuelled by this consumer boom.

Pop Art brought art back to the material realities of everyday life, to popular culture (hence the term ``pop'').

Pop artists focused attention upon familiar imagesof popular culture such as billboards, comic strips, magazine advertisements, and supermarket products. They often took inspiration from Pop music, Movies and the fashion industry. Although starting in England, America quickly took over as the centre of the Pop Art revolution.

Leading American Exponents; James Rosenquist, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Jim Dine, Claus Oldenburg, Jasper Johns

Leading British Exponents: Richard Hamilton, David Hockney, Eduardo Paolozzi, Peter Blake.

James Rosenquist

Rosenquist is a core member of the 1960s pop art movement. As a struggling young artist, Rosenquist made his living as a sign and billboard painter. His work incorporates the techniques he honed as a sign painter and the imagery of advertising embraced by pop artists. His paintings typically include a juxtaposition of isolated and seemingly unrelated images that, when taken as a whole, communicate a pointed message. This mural, created for the 1964 world's fair, comments on the race between nations to get to the moon.

Artist: James Rosenquist Artist's Lifespan: 1933-Title: President ElectDate: 1960

James RosenquistOff the Continental Divide (1973 - 1974

James Rosenquist Nomad,1963Oil on canvas, plastic, and wood, 90 x 141"Gift of Seymour H. Knox, 1963

James Rosenquist

United States, born 19331, 2, 3, Outside, 1963Oil on canvas with wood and wire

I Love You with My Ford, 1961.

James Rosenquist (American, 1933- )World's Fair Mural1964, oil on masonite, 240" x 240"

Create you own arrangement of images from today to create a ‘Rosenquist’ style collage.This could then be used to generate compostion for painting.

Roy LichensteinBlam1962Oil on canvas68 x 80 inYale University Art Gallery, New Haven

ROY LICHENSTEIN

Takka Takka1962Oil on canvas56 x 68 inMuseum Ludwig, Cologne

Roy LichensteinIn the Car1963Magna on canvas172 x 203.5 cm (67 5/8 x 80 1/8 in.)

Roy LichensteinWhaam!1963Magna on canvas172 x 269 cm (68 x 106 in.) (two canvasses)Tate Gallery, London

1.Takka Takka,

2.In the Car,

3. Brushstroke

4.Whaam!

5.Mustard on white

Roy Lichtenstein (1923 - 1997)

1.Create a sketchbook page that combines/contains at least 3 of these 5 images. Draw in pencil first, then add bold and bright Pop Art colours.

2. Write a paragraph describing the work of Lichtenstein. After describing the work attempt to answer the following questions (a) Where do you think Lichtensteins ideas come from? (b) What do you think of the work. Which is your favorite picture and why?

3. Research the life and work of Lichtenstein using one of the recommended Art internet sites

4. Write down 3 interesting facts that you have discovered.

Andy Warhol

Flowers

Andy Warhol

Warhol Triple Elvis 1963 65x90cm(26"x 36")

Andy Warhol. Roll of Bills. 1962. Pencil, felt-tipped pen, and crayon on paper, 40 x 30 1/8" (101.6 x 76.4 cm). Purchase. © 2002 Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

ANDY WARHOL

SCREEN PRINTS.

Andy Warhol)1.Create a sketchbook page that combines/contains at least 3 of these 5 images. Draw in pencil first, then add bold and bright Pop Art colours.2. Write a paragraph describing the work of Warhol. After describing the work attempt to answer the following questions (a) Where do you think Warhol’s ideas come from? (b) What do you think of the work. (c) Which is your favorite picture and why?3. Research the life and work of Andy Warhol using one of the recommended Art internet sites.1.Canned Foods

2.Che Guevara

3.Marilyn

5.Self portrait

6.Flowers.

Claes Oldenburg,

Giant Ice Bag, 1969-1970

3 D WORKS BY CLAES OLDENBURG

1.Create a sketchbook page that combines/contains at least 3 of these 5 images. Draw in pencil first, then add TONE or COLOUR.2. Write a paragraph describing the work of Oldenburg After describing the work attempt to answer the following questions (a) Where do you think Warhol’s ideas come from? (b) What do you think of the work. Which is your favorite picture and why?3. Research the life and work of Oldenburg using one of the recommended Art internet sites.4. Write down 3 interesting facts that you have discovered.

WAYNE THIEBAUD, GUNTER BEIER,CYNTHIA POOLE and NANDA PALMIERA

Wayne Thiebaud. PAINTINGS

German painter Günter Beier puts the popcorn into pop art with detailed canvases of childhood treats. Sweeter still are his depictions of licorice all sorts (you can practically taste the faint coconut flavour of the pink one) or ribbons of traditional black licorice.

GUNTER BEIER

CYNTHIA POOLE

WRAPPERS

Make a collage using examples of packaging. Use sweet and choc bar wrappers, crisp packets, sections from serial boxes ect. Photograph your collage. Project onto screen. Trace the image and add Colour. Use a range of media. Include some areas of collage.

Nanda Palmieri

Still Life Paintings by Vic Vicini

Pamela Johnson

Create your own large scale paintings of sweets and sweet wrappers.

Flag. 1954–55 Jasper Johns Encaustic, oil, and collage on fabric mounted on plywood (three panels)42 1/4 x 60 5/8" (107.3 x 154 cm)The Museum of Modern Art, New York

Jasper Johns, 0 through 9, 1961, oil on canvas, 137.2 x 104.8 cm, Tate Gallery, London

JIM DINE NINE HEARTS

JIM DINE BATHROBES

Robert Indiana (born Robert Clark, American, 1928-), LOVE1966, oil on canvas, 71 7/8 x 71 7/8 inches, Indianapolis Museum of Art, IN.

Richard Hamilton: ‘Just what is it that makes today's’ homes so different, so appealing? Collage 1956.

Richard Hamilton (English, 1922-), Interior II1964, oil, cellulose paint and collage on board, 121.9 x 162.6 cm, Tate Gallery, London

Target with four faces

Jasper Johns

“Got a Girl" [O.1976.3], Blake, Peter

On the Balcony 1955-7

Peter Blake

Peter BlakeSelf Portrait with badges 1961

This painting has been seen as a parody of Thomas Gainsborough's 'The Blue Boy', one of the most famous works of British art. Here, however, the blue is that of Blake's denim jacket and jeans. In 1961 these would have been seen as the epitome of American popular culture and the youthful rebellion represented by James Dean.

PETER BLAKEThe Beatles Sgt. PepperAlbum Cover

The Toy Shop 1962

Peter Blake

Artist

Peter Blake

Title

"Well, this is grand!" said Alice. "I never expected I should be a Queen so soon."

David Hockney, A Lawn Being Sprinkled, acrylic on canvas, 1967

David Hockney:"A Bigger Splash"

David Hockney:

Portrait of his mother

Photography ‘joiner’

DON EDDY

Peter PhillipsThe entertainment machine 1961Peter Phillips

The Entertainment Machine is a depiction of a fruit machine that, at first glance, recalls contemporary abstract painting. He said, 'My awareness of machines, advertising and mass communication is probably not in the same sense as an older generation… I've been conditioned by them and grew up with it all and use it without a second thought'.

Eduardo PaolozziCollage from BUNKSir Eduardo Paolozzi 2004.

BUNK is the title for a series of works that were originally pages of a scrapbook in which Paolozzi had stuck cuttings from magazines, mostly given to him by American ex-servicemen in Paris in the late 1940s. The word 'BUNK' stems from Henry Ford's statement, 'History is more or less bunk … we want to live in the present'. It reflects Paolozzi's belief that art should

respond to contemporary culture.

Patrick Caulfield born 1936 Pottery  1969Oil on canvassupport: 2134 x 1524 mmpainting

The pottery objects in this painting have been depicted from different viewpoints depending on their situation in the overall composition. Thus those near the bottom of the image are painted as though seen from a point somewhere above, those near the centre appear to be viewed from eye level and those towards the top of the canvas are shown from below. This device emphasises the overall effect of the stacking up of a large number of similar objects. The simple black outlines and strong colours are characteristic of much of Caulfield's work. The artist has written of this painting that it 'was an excuse for me to use a lot of colour'.  (From the display caption February 1996)