Pop art
“Pop is love, for it accepts everything. Pop art is dropping the bomb. It’s the American dream, optimistic, generous and naive.”
Pop art burst on to the scene in Brittan and America during the 1950s and 60s. It was a dazzling celebration of life in a world recovering from war. Many people were enjoying fast cars, fast food, colour TV, film, fashion and pop music for the first time. A whole range of new products brightened up there lives. This was the birth of popular culture – a leap into the modern world.
The pop artists saw how the colour and energy of modern life appealed to so many people. They wanted there art to be popular too, so they began making paintings, prints and sculptures of things people used and recognized. Soon art galleries were bursting with big, bright images of everybody objects and familiar faces. The Pop artists set out to attract attention – and they succeeded.
The pop artists saw how the colour and energy of modern life appealed to so many people. They wanted there art to be popular too, so they began making paintings, prints and sculptures of things people used and recognized. Soon art galleries were bursting with big, bright images of everybody objects and familiar faces. The Pop artists set out to attract attention – and they succeeded.
Andy Warhol
Nationality: American
Movement: Pop Art
Media: Printmaking, Painting, Film
Biography:Born in Pittsburgh, Andy Warhol moved to New York at the age of twenty-one to become a commercial artist. This occupation gave him experience in silkscreen printing, which became he medium of choice. Warhol began making paintings of familiar objects such as soup cans and brillo pads. After a brief period of hand-painting these works, Warhol began to use mechanical techniques to mass-produce his images. His interest in popular culture expanded as he began to depict celebrities and newspaper clippings in his prints. Warhol also created films and worked with the rock band, The Velvet Underground.
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