Pop+Art

Pop Art took images, objects, people, and symbols of popular culture and incorporated them into their artwork. The artsits used these symbols to make statements about their world. To the average person, Pop Art is accessable, becasue it uses easily recognizable images, but also strange, becasue they don't alwways "get" why it is art.

Marilyn Monroe Andy Warhol, American || Campbell's Soup I, 1968 Andy Warhol, American || Map, 1961(click link to learn more) Jasper Johns, American || Figure 8, 1959 Jasper johns, American || Monogram, Robert Rauschenberg, American || Bed, Robert Rauschenberg, American || Wham, 1963 Roy Lichtenstein, American
 * Andy Warhol is perhaps the most well known artist of the modern era, and was an avante garde painter, printmaker, and filmaker. He became famous not only for his artwork, but also for his celebrity persona, social circles, and quirky personality. His most famous artwork includes well known icons, repeated and altered in unique ways. ||
 * [[image:WarholMarilyn.jpg width="380" height="383"]]
 * Jasper Johns, like Warhol, is known for taking popular icons (such as the map of the USA, seen below) and altering and transfoming them. Unlike Warhol, however, Jasper Johns used more of an expressionistic, painterly approach to represent these images in his own way. He also used an //encaustic// method of painting with liquid wax. ||
 * [[image:johnsmap.jpg width="328" height="204" link="@http://www.artchive.com/artchive/J/johns/map.jpg.html"]]
 * Robert Rauschenberg became part of the avante garde art scene at the end of the 1950's, and his artwork includes elements of Abstract Expressionism. He is knon for his "//Combines//," which utilize non-traditional materials (both 2-d and 3-D) to create unique artwork.... sort of like a giant 3D collage. He was really the first to create these types of works, influencing a future generation of artists. ||
 * [[image:RauschenbergMonogram.jpg width="360" height="300"]]
 * Roy Lichtenstein is a pop artists bexst known for his comic book style artwork that includes very classic looking images as well as abstract sculpture pieces that use elements of the same images. ||
 * [[image:lichtensteinwhaam.jpg width="344" height="143"]]

Crying Girl Roy Lichtenstein, American || Barcelona Head Roy Lichtenstein, American ||

Pop Art General Info and Images ,

Andy Warhol Interesting Facts and Quotes, __ Artchive __

Jasper Johns On PBS, MoMA Retrospective, __ Artchive, At the Met __

Robert Rauschenberg Interesting Facts and Quotes, __ Artchive __PBS Interview, at the Guggenheim, Met Exhibit, about,

Roy Lichtenstein Interesting Facts and Quotes, Roy Lichtenstein Foundation, __ Artchive __

Kieth Haring Offiicial K.H. Site,