Merry Christmas to you all x

Well its now the 17th December and this is the last day of College. YAY!
After a morning of singing cows, Nortbert in a santa hat and Jake skipping around the studio in delight over his omnitrix i am finall ready to go home.
Merry christmas everyone x

Richard Hamilton (born February 24, 1922 - Present)

In 1956 the word pop appeared in art for the first time, this was in British Richard Hamiltons work.
Richard believed that its not about the final art piece but about the process in order to produce the work.
Richard Hamilton made his artwork into a movie for advertisement.
Richard first made it big as a pop artist with his collage titled Just What Is It that Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing? which was produced for the This is Tomorrow exhibition.
Richard also had a piece of artwork called 'The critics laugh' which was his take on pop art.
Richard Hamiltons works were paintings and collages and mainly contained commercial materials.

Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987)

Andy Warhol, an American,started in the 1950's, As a pop artist Andy focused mainly on the consumer products in everyday life such as soup cans and coca cola.
Andy also liked to paint celebrities such as Elizabeth Taylor, John Lennon and Michael Jackson, he repeated their faces in his art to show how celebrities are thrown at us through the media.
Aswell as Roy Lichtenstein Andy also had a factory in which he produced his work with help from other people, to mirror mass production going around .
Andy stated he didn't want people to closely examine his art but merely just give it a quick glance like you would at a tv.
Andys work was also used for advertisement, such as his coca cola cans this was probably because in his earlier days Andy was a commercial advertiser.

'Art can't change life' - Andy Warhol.

Roy Lichtenstein (October 27, 1923 – September 29, 1997)

Known for his comic book style and influenced by popular advertising, Roy Lichtenstein is one of the best known pop artists of our time.
Roy used parody and irony in his work, such as his focus on a single comic book frame which is meaningless without the other frames.
Lichtenstein also mass produced his work in factories, alot like other pop artists to copy the mass production going on in the world around him.
Lichtensteins work had a unique way in which he did his work, unlike most pop art paintings which are block colours, Roy experimented with stencils and produced rows of oversized dots in his work to make his art look machine made, when standing close to these paintings you can just see the oversized dots and you cant really focus on what the main picture is but when standing away from it the picture becomes clearer.
Roy never stopped producing work until he died unexpectedly of virul pneumonia on September 29th, 1997.

The birth of Pop art. (10/12/09)

Pop Art began in Britain in the 1950's due to the many different changes in society, however, it was when America started to use Pop Art in the 1960's that the movements awareness was increased.
Though Pop Art started in Britain the British referred to it as propaganda art due to it's commercialism and it's use of propaganda.
Pop Art merged the division between fine arts and media and the advertisement of commercial arts.
Even though Pop Art looked all well done and glamorous it was actually low cost and mass produced in factories.
Pop Art came out just after abstract expressionism, a movement which was considered serious, so when Pop Art came about with its parody and irony it appealed to a much bigger audience.
The Pop Art movement fizzled out in the late 60's early 70's though some of the work is still used today whether its in adverts or t-shirts.

Pop Art - The Characteristics (03/11/09)

What makes Pop art different from all the other art movements? How can you tell them apart? Well this blog is here to tell you...

This movement has used alot of bright colours in their work, which are mainly primary colours such as blues reds and yellows. i think this technique is used to stand out more and appeal to an audience. The bright colours are used works that are based around comic strips, advertisements and icons and products seen in the media.

Andy Warhol, one of the most well known pop artists around, uses alot of repitition in his work i think this is to mirror the use of mass production around the world and the way products and icons are thrown at us repeatedly through the media.

Advertising was used in pop art because it was drawn from the theme of popular mass culture. The use of advertisement was to link pop art to mass media in which advertisement is used.

Consumer products were also shown in some pop artists work, this was also shown in a mass production theme such as repetitition.

by using images and products and icons around the world pop artists are able to appeal to a much larger audience and also showing the products being used in popular culture.

Icons such as Marilyn Monroe, Mick Jagger and Michael Jackson were used in Andy Warhols work where he redefined these celebrities to make them brighter and colourful and also repeated their faces four times, this was to show how these icons are shown and how their thrown at us all the time through the media.

Some artists even use mass production to mirror mass production being used around the world an example of this is Andy Warhols 'Factory' from which he mass produced things such as films, silkscreens and even sculptures

Comic strips were seen alot during the pop art period, this was aimed at a more youthful audience. The comic strip consisted of humerous writing and bright colours. Roy Lichtensteins work was mainly comic strips.


These are the main characteristics that were used throughout the pop art movement by artists such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and even British pop artist Richard Hamilton

Hello my little lovelies...

Well as Norbert wants us all to do a blog on an art movement i'm having to transfer all my knowledge to you guys *sigh*

Yeeeah dont ask for much off us Norby!!

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