Warhol, Johns, Rauschenberg, Oldenburg, Lichtenstein, Jones, Murakami

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2. Warhol, Johns, Rauschenberg, Oldenburg, Lichtenstein, Jones, Murakami POP Art

3. Warhol, Johns, Rauschenberg, Oldenburg, Lichtenstein, Jones, Murakami Pop art started in the USA during the earlier period of the 1960's, but it was already making its presence felt in the late fifties in Britain through Richard Hamilton and Allen Jones. Pop art was basically an art movement which aimed to replace the abstract mode of artistic expression with messages that are easier to understand.

4. Warhol, Johns, Rauschenberg, Oldenburg, Lichtenstein, Allen, Murakami Some of the known advocates of this new artistic movement were Claes Oldenburg, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. We will look at examples of work by these artists.

5. Warhol, Johns, Rauschenberg, Oldenburg, Lichtenstein,Jones, Murakami Allen Jones, British pioneer of Pop Art during the late 1950’s. Lawrence Alloway is credited with coining the phrase ‘Pop Art’, because of the accessibility of the imagery to the public (1955).

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7. Warhol, Johns, Rauschenberg, Oldenburg, Lichtenstein, Allen, Murakami Andy Warhol, (born Andrew Warhola) was the son of Russian immigrants. Andy grew up in Pittsburg PA. and was very sick as a child with the disease St. Vitus Dance. Early on he showed great artistic ability and eventually studied at Carnegie Mellon Institute. He had success as an illustrator and became a skilled painter and one of the founders of the Pop Art movement in New York during the early sixties.

8. Warhol, Johns, Rauschenberg, Oldenburg, Lichtenstein, Allen, Murakami Andy’s famous Soup Can. Elevating the common place to the status of Art! Pop Artists were rebelling against the high mindedness of the Art Establishment and were using images that people could relate to. What images do you relate to today?

9. Warhol, Johns, Rauschenberg, Oldenburg, Lichtenstein, Allen, Murakami The portrait . . . “15 minutes of fame” Andy’s early obsession with personality & fame.

10. Warhol, Johns, Rauschenberg, Oldenburg, Lichtenstein, Allen, Murakami Andy not only used painting as a medium of choice but was a skilled printmaker and film maker. The idea of the mass produced image reinforced the idea of Pop Art & mass consumption.

11. Warhol, Johns, Rauschenberg, Oldenburg, Lichtenstein, Allen, Murakami Jasper Johnswas born in 1930 and spent his childhood moving from town to town in South Carolina, often living with relatives.John’s said that there was no art anywhere near, so he never had any idea of what it was.

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13. Warhol, Johns,Rauschenberg, Oldenburg, Lichtenstein, Allen, Murakami Robert Rauschenberg was born as Milton Ernst Rauschenberg (he changed his first name as an adult). At the famous Black Mountain College his painting instructor was Josef Albers, whose strict discipline and sense of method inspired Rauschenberg, as he once said, to do "exactly the reverse" of what Albers taught him.

14. Warhol, Johns,Rauschenberg, Oldenburg, Lichtenstein, Allen, Murakami Part of a series of ‘combines’ that show Rauschenbergs’ use of found objects.

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16. Warhol, Johns, Rauschenberg,Oldenburg, Lichtenstein, Allen, Murakami Claes Oldenburg (born in Sweden to a Swedish Diplomat in January 28, 1929) became a sculptor. He is best known for his public art installations typically featuring very large replicas of everyday objects. Another theme in his work is soft sculpture versions of everyday objects.

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19. Warhol, Johns, Rauschenberg,Oldenburg, Lichtenstein, Allen, Murakami Soft sculptures of everyday objects.

20. Warhol, Johns, Rauschenberg, Oldenburg,Lichtenstein, Allen, Murakami Roy Lichtenstein(1923 – 1997) Prominent American pop artist, his work was heavily influenced by both popular advertising and the comic book style. He himself described Pop art as, "not 'American' painting but actually industrial painting".

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24. Warhol, Johns, Rauschenberg, Oldenburg, Lichtenstein, Allen,Murakami Takashi Murakami村上 隆 Born in 1962, Murakami is a prolific contemporary Japanese artist whose works incorporate the pop images of manga and anime in both fine arts media, such as painting & sculpture as well as digital and commercial media.

25. Warhol, Johns, Rauschenberg, Oldenburg, Lichtenstein, Allen,Murakami Superflat The term is used by Murakami to refer to various flattened forms in Japanese graphic art, animation, pop culture and fine arts, as well as the “shallow emptiness of Japanese consumer culture."

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31. Warhol, Johns, Rauschenberg, Oldenburg, Lichtenstein, Allen, Murakami More than most art styles or movements, Pop Art continues to evolve and communicate to the people who are living in their culture. It is just as valid today, as it was for the artists of the 1960’s who were reacting to and against the accepted art of the day. Artists like Murakami, are looking at their culture and defining what art is to them today. As an artist, how will you see your world?