Ben-‐Day dots

What is Pop Art? An art movement that began in the U.K & U.S. in the 1950s It reached its peak of acBvity in the 1960s CriBque of Consumerism & Mass Media Elements of Society’s Popular Culture Subject MaMer: American Life, Commercial Products, Celebrity Images, The Everyday, Comic Strips, Billboards. Forms: mechanically reproduced silkscreens, painBngs, sculptures Pop ArBsts: Andy Warhol, Richard Hamilton, Roy Lichtenstein Andy Warhol Marilyn Diptych 1962 Acrylic Paint on Canvas TATE No Title. 1967 Screen Print on Paper Andy Warhol Campbell’s Soup Cans 1962 SyntheBc polymer paint on 32 canvases MOMA Andy Warhol Cowboys and Indians Series 1986 Silkscreens Andy Warhol Unlike the corrugated cardboard originals represented in "Brillo", these sculptures are made of wood. Making the cartons non-­‐funcBonal and uprooBng them from their ordinary context. Warhol forces us to look at them in a new way. Richard Hamilton Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? 1956 Collage Richard Hamilton Richard Hamilton Towards a definiBve statement on the coming trends in men's wear and accessories (a) Together let us explore the stars. 1962. Oil Paint. Cellulose Paint. Printed Paper On Wood. TATE Richard Hamilton Richard Hamilton Roy Lichtenstein Drowning Girl 1963 Oil and SyntheBc Polymer Paint MOMA Roy Lichtenstein Hopeless 1963 Oil and Acrylic Roy Lichtenstein Whaam! 1963 Acrylic. Oil. Ben Day Dots The Ben-­‐Day dots prinBng process, named aier illustrator and printer .Benjamin Henry Day , it is a technique daBng from 1879. Depending on the effect, color and opBcal illusion needed, small colored dots are closely spaced, widely spaced or overlapping. Ben-­‐Day dots are always of equal size and distribuBon in a specific area. PainBng Techniques/CharacterisBcs Gel Medium Photo Transfer Stencil Mediums: Acrylic Paint, Gouache, Watercolor Pixilated/ Ben Day Dots Collage-­‐ Newspaper, Drawings, Text, Media, Comics Mixed Media Text-­‐ AcBon Verbs, Dialogue, Inner Thoughts, Onomatopoeia Thick/Bold Black Lines Primary Colors-­‐ Red Yellow Blue Bright Blocked Colors Things to Remember ARTIST: ANDY WARHOL, RICHARD HAMILTON, ROY LICHTENSTIEN SUBJECT MATTER: What it means to YOU and in SOCIETY. SCALE-­‐ RelaBve size, proporBon within a design or artwork. STYLE-­‐ a set of characterisBcs of the art of a culture, a period, school of art, the characterisBc expression of individual arBsts or groups. POP ART ASSIGNMENT Due: May 13th Create one original artwork in the style of one of the three pop arBsts we looked at today. Use the idea generator to help you brainstorm. 1-­‐Use the idea generator help make some important choices. 2-­‐Sketch and drai some ideas. 3-­‐Grab a piece of watercolor paper 4-­‐Draw final idea on paper 5-­‐Begin your original art work If you need any help feel free to ask quesBons. Roy Lichtenstein-­‐ish Art Richard Hamilton-­‐ish Art