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JUST PATRICK Pop Art
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Rise of pop art Originated in England in 1950s The movement of pop art was most successful in USA Pop artist embraced the post ww2 manufacturing and media boom. Characters are fictional (superheroes mostly)
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Roy Lichtenstein Influenced by Jasper Johns, and Robert Rauschenberg. Originally cubism artist, strayed away from abstract expressionism. Believed to copy cartoons Focused on comics College studies were interrupted when he was drafted to fight in ww2 Often took his artistic subjects from mythology and from American history and folklore Used oil and magna for most his paintings
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Whaam! 'Whaam!' is based on an image from 'All American Men of War' published by DC comics of 1962 During the 1960s, Lichtenstein frequently drew on commercial art sources such as comic images or advertisements attracted by the way highly emotional subject matter could be depicted using detached techniques. presents powerfully charged scenes in an impersonal manner
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Robert Rauschenburg Best known paving the way for pop art with Jasper Johns Non-traditional materials Worked as a costume and stage designer Imaginative and eclectic artist Used a mix of sculpture and paint in art pieces he called ‘combines’ Incorporated sound, motor and silk-screen transfers in his art Big time photographer
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Retroactive l interested in the iconography of American popular culture Used images of current events gathered from news papers and magazines Large pressed photo of John F Kennedy Creates colorful visual commentary Overlapping and seemingly desperate composition
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