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The Pop Art MovementAlyssa Rollins, Leila Haddad, and Mona Patel
Pop art is:Popular (designed for a mass
audience). Transient (short-term solution). Expendable (easily-
forgotten). Low cost. Mass produced. Young (aimed at youth). Witty. Sexy. Gimmicky. Glamorous. Big business.
This is just the beginning…
Richard Hamilton in a Letter to Alison and Peter Smithson, 16 January 1957
Origin
• Timeline: mid 1950’s to early 1970’s (time of economic prosperity)• Concept first originated in Britain in early 1950’s by the Independent
Group• The word pop has several origins• Link to Marcel Duchamp
Pop Art
• Aimed to blur the line between traditional art and popular culture (between “high” and “low” cultured art).• Themes of daily object, mass media, and repetition, everyday life• Coincided with Abstract Expressionism
Richard Hamilton, Just What Is It That Makes Today’s Homes So Different, So Appealing? 1956
Andy Warhol• 1928-1987• Fashion illustrator, painter, sculptor, filmmaker,
producer of the Velvet Underground, magazine publisher, philosopher, historian, diarist, model, photographer, and archivist. • Started off as commercial artist• One of the founding fathers of the pop art movement • Themes: shoes, Campbell soup cans, Marilyn Monroe,
Brillo pads, disasters• The Factory• Shot in 1968 by Valerie Solanas
Campbell Soup Cans, 1962
Gold Marilyn Monroe (1962)
Marilyn Ditych, 1962
Orange Disaster 1963
Techniques Andy Warhol Used
• Silk-screening• Repetition
Roy Lichtenstein
• Born in New York City on October 27, 1923• Grew up on Manhattan’s Upper West Side• Inspired by advertisements and comic strips• Bright, graphic images parodied popular culture• Died in New York City on September 29, 1997
Girl with Ball, 1961Roy Lichtenstein
“This was the first timeI decided to make apainting really look likecommercial art. The approachturned out to be so interesting thateventually it became impossible to doany other kind of painting.”
-Roy Lichtenstein
Look Mickey, 1961Roy Lichtenstein
Donald Duck: Lost and Found, 1960
Look Mickey, 1961
Drowning Girl, 1963Roy Lichtenstein
Whaam!, 1963
Bedroom at Arles, 1992
Van Gogh’s Bedroom in Arles, 1888
Summary
• Dealt with painting, printmaking, and sculpture• Originated in the mid-1950s• Major artists in the United States include:• Andy Warhol• Roy Lichtenstein• Jasper Johns
• Major artist in Britain:• Richard Hamilton
• Difference between U.S. and Britain’s pop art is the U.S. seemed more united