Pop art power point. By Sara, Seun, and Shyly

2. Roy Lichtenstein

3. Roy Lichtenstein

4. Andy Warhol

5.  Originated in Britain, mid 1950’s
 Independent Group (IG)- Institute
of Contemporary Art
 Questioning consumer culture’s
place in fine art
 Richard Hamilton & Edouardo
Paolozzi

6.  Collages
 More romantic
and subjective
 Influenced by
the US pop
culture
Richard Hamilton

7. Just What Is It That Makes
Today’s Homes So Different,
So Appealing?
Richard Hamilton-1956

8. Consumer Culture (Popular
Culture), post World War II
Dada movement
Abstract Expressionism
(backlash)
The real world

9.  Mass production and popular
culture
 Vivid, unnatural colors
 Bold lines and shapes
 Recognizable objects and
people
 Flat imagery

10.  Worked with
advertising and
media
 “The Factory”
 Inexact lines,
smudgy strokes,
softened and
blunted colors

11.  Oil paint
 Watercolor
 Pencil
 Press-type
 Acrylic
 Silkscreen
 Varied with art pieces

12. Campbell’s Soup Cans
Andy Warhol-1964

13. Marilyn Monroe
Andy Warhol-1967

14.  Ambiguity of
symbols in
consumer society
 Common emblems
raised to iconic
statue
 No real analysis
 Unique
manipulation to
canvas surface

15. Numbers in Color
Jasper Johns-1958-59

16. Three Flags
Jasper Johns-1958

17.  Pieces look like they came
from comic strips
 Painted with Ben Day dots
 Brought a new
perspective to
recognizable objects
 "I think my work is different
from comic strips- but I
wouldn't call it
transformation; I don't think
that whatever is meant by
it is important to art." Roy
Lichtenstein

18. Whaam!
Roy Lichtenstein-1963

19. Ohhh…Alright…
Roy Lichtenstein-1964

20. Hesitant
Went against status quo
Minimal effort to understand
More relatable
Holding the mirror up to
society

22.  “High and Low” Art
 High/Fine: Aesthetic principles,
expression, feeling/emotion, no clear
meaning
 Low/Commercial: Advertisements,
graphic arts, doesn’t express the artist
 Simple subject matter in “fine art” pieces