Cola‚ paper or plastic‚ The Mustang or The Camaro. “The things that you own end up owning you”2 said by Tyler Durden in Fight Club. The use of Replication is shown all over in postmodernism art‚ literature‚ even architecture. The works of Andy Warhol really demonstrate this concept. Warhol’s painting‚ Campbell’s Soup Cans‚ dated 1962 is a great example of replication‚ we have something as simple as canned soup but at the same time it is more‚ it is a name‚ it is a brand‚ it is Campbell’s Soup
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Synopsis Although Pop art is now most associated with the work of New York artists of the early 1960s such as Andy Warhol‚ Roy Lichtenstein‚ James Rosenquist‚ and Claes Oldenburg‚ artists who drew on popular imagery were part of an international phenomenon that saw major developments in various cities from the mid-1950s onwards. Following the Abstract Expressionist and Neo-Dada movements‚ Pop’s reintroduction of identifiable imagery (drawn from mass media and popular culture) was a major shift for
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Pop Art Claes Oldenburg 1960s- storefronts/soft sculptures/playing with scale Soft Toilet Installation 1962 UNLV’s Flashlight‚ 1981 Clothespin Andy Warhol 70s/80s- mixed commercial and fine art/appropriation Campbell’s Soup Cans Roy Lichtenstein- 60s-1997- comic book influence Sweet Dreams Baby Keith Haring 80s-90s- Pop Shop Any (Warhol) Mouse #2 Somewhat started as a graffiti artist Jeff Koons 1980s- Bad boy of American Pop Art Rabbit‚ stainless steel Conceptual artist Michael
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Lawrence was and English art critic that used this term to break away from the dominance of abstract art. The main point of pop art as a whole was to bring art back into the daily life of Americans. One of the most famous Pop Art artist is Andy Warhol. Andy was one of the first artist to use “repetition for allowing
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Pop Art vs. Abstract Expressionism • Characteristics of Abstract Expressionist Paintings-optical buzz‚ all-over composition‚ Matisse sometimes painted images on large canvases‚ as did Picasso but paintings still retained an object like character- the viewer needed to stand back to see the complete composition. Abstract expressionist paintings‚ on the other hand‚ draw the spectator into them. The field of vision is thus larger than the field of vision of the spectator‚ who finds himself in a world
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Basquiat have such an impact on the contemporary art despite having a so short career? This essay will point out the evidence of Basquiat’s impact‚ then it will show his skills to come with a new style of art‚ finally it will express the impact of Warhol in Basquiat’s world. Evidence of Basquiat’s impact can be found in the number of exhibitions‚ books‚ and film about him. Basquiat generated a lot of intention by is work pieces number of exhibitions have been made in his honor. His first show was
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Roy Lichtenstein is one of the two most recognized names in Pop Art (Andy Warhol being the other). He is best known for his paintings of what appear to be machine-printed comic strips‚ although he was also fond of depicting advertisements- Roy Lichtenstein (American‚ 1923-1997) The Kiss‚ 1962 Oil on canvas 80 x 68 in. Private Collection of Paul G. Allen Image © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein Private Collection of Paul G. Allen Image © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein Roy Lichtenstein (pronounced /ˈlɪktənˌstaɪn/;
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In each period of art history‚ there is a story. For Baroque art‚ the story is why the period has been classically misunderstood. In the early 1600s‚ artists and intellectuals worked in academies to explore humanism begun in the Renaissance‚ classical thought (i.e. Plato and Aristotle)‚ and new trends in human thought and expression. But why does the word “Baroque” have a negative history? The original translations of this word include Italian for “tortuous medieval pedantry” and Portuguese for “deformed
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My Little Bit of Country Everyone is different‚ and everyone knows it for a fact. With that in mind it is still easy to put people in larger groups based on their ideals‚ dreams and way of life. For a very long time two groups have separated them from each other; city-people and country-folk In the essay “My Little Bit of Country” (2012) Susan Cheever shares her thoughts on a life in the city versus a life in the suburbs. The story follows a chronological structure and starts with Cheever thinking
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Some of the major people include Andy Warhol‚ played by David Bowie (RIP)‚ who was his mentor‚ and Rene Ricard‚ played by Michael Wincott‚ was an art critic and poet. His most steady relationship is with Gina‚ a waitress that he met and drew in syrup on a table at the cafe she worked in. She
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