Pop ArtPop Art

What do you think ‘Pop’ stands for?

What do you think ‘Pop’ stands for?

POPPOPULAR!

What is it?What is it?An art movement

in the 1950’s and 1960’s that made a statement about mass media.

An art movement in the 1950’s and 1960’s that made a statement about mass media.

Pop artists were interested in popular culture’s effects on society

EX: TV, Magazines, mass production, comics, celebrities.

Why Would An artist create THIS as ART?Why Would An artist create THIS as ART?

Andy WarholAndy Warhol

FOCUS: Mass Production

IRONY: as art

Celebrity/Pop Culture Icon

FOCUS: Mass Production

IRONY: as art

Celebrity/Pop Culture Icon

Wayne ThiebaudWayne ThiebaudFOCUS: Food &

Consumer Goods

STEREOTYPED “American Diet”

“Isolation” of the object

FOCUS: Food & Consumer Goods

STEREOTYPED “American Diet”

“Isolation” of the object

“All Around the Cake”, 1962

“Cakes”, 1963

“Still Life: Lipstick”,

“Wedding Cake”, 1962

Claes OldenburgClaes Oldenburg

FOCUS: Everyday Objects

SCULPTURES: public art

“The Store”

FOCUS: Everyday Objects

SCULPTURES: public art

“The Store”

“Upturned Ice Cream”

“Spoon Bridge”

Two Cheeseburgers, with Everything (Dual Hamburgers)

(1962, burlap, plaster, and enamel)

“The Store”“The Store”

“The Store”“The Store”

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