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Pop Art

Published on Nov 19, 2015

Quick synopsis of Pop art

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

POP ART

EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL. POP IS EVERYTHING." - ANDY WARHOL
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blurring the boundaries between "high" art & "low" culture...

By creating paintings or sculptures of mass culture objects and media stars, the Pop art movement aimed to blur the boundaries between "high" art and "low" culture.

President Elect by James Rosenquist.

Robert Indiana's sculpture in NYC

the majority of Pop artists

began their careers in graphic design
Andy Warhol was an highly successful magazine illustrator and graphic designer; Ed Ruscha was also a graphic designer, and James Rosenquist started his career as a billboard painter.
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There is no hierarchy of culture...(Pop)art may borrow from any source.

The concept that there is no hierarchy of culture and that art may borrow from any source has been one of the most influential characteristics of Pop art.
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Pop Art Icons: Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenquist, and Claes Oldenburg.

Pop art is now most associated with the work of New York artists of the early 1960s such as:
Andy Warhol,
Roy Lichtenstein,
James Rosenquist,
and Claes Oldenburg.
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Jasper Johns erased the division between fine art and mass culture.

Through his use of shreds of newspaper, found objects, and even mass-produced goods like Ballantine Ale and Savarin Coffee cans, Jasper Johns erased the division between fine art and mass culture. A key signature of Pop art.

CLAES OLDENBURG

He is best known for his floppy sculptures and larger-than-life public works of consumer goods and everyday objects.

This Swedish-American artist and architect was an early figure in New York happenings and Pop art, and is best known for his floppy sculptures and larger-than-life public works of consumer goods, musical instruments, and everyday objects.

Pop art's years of influence were from the mid 1950's to the early 1970's.

Perhaps owing to the incorporation of commercial images, Pop art has become one of the most recognizable styles of modern art.