“Everything is beautiful. Pop is everything.” --- Andy Warhol Modern Art “Everything is beautiful. Pop is everything.” --- Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol Self-Portrait (1986) Pop Art – Andy Warhol Pop art is a visual art movement that began in England in the late 1950s and was very big in the United States in the 1960s. Pop art focuses on a single object or combines it with other objects and is characterized by themes from POPular culture, such as advertising, comic books, and supermarket products. Andy Warhol is the most well-known pop art figure in America. Warhol took every day objects and made art out of them—even out of himself! Andy Warhol (1928 -1987) Andy Warhol Self-Portrait (1986)

Andy Warhol Green Coca-Cola Bottles (1962) Pop Art - Andy Warhol Andy Warhol liked to paint things that were popular with American people He said, “What’s great about this country is that America started the tradition where…you can be watching TV and see Coca-Cola, and you know that the President drinks Coke, Liz Taylor [a famous actress] drinks Coke, and just think, you can drink Coke, too.” Andy Warhol Liz Taylor (1965) Andy Warhol Green Coca-Cola Bottles (1962)

Andy Warhol Green Marilyn (1962) Pop Art - Andy Warhol Andy Warhol once said, “My idea of a good picture is one that's in focus and of a famous person.” This is one of his many pictures of the actress Marilyn Monroe. What is unusual about this painting? Warhol is well known for saying, “In the future everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.” Do you think you will be famous for at least 15 minutes some day? How would Warhol paint the famous YOU ? Andy Warhol Green Marilyn (1962)

Pop Art - Andy Warhol Warhol liked to paint ordinary things, too. He used a silkscreen technique to make multiple copies of the same image. Then he would make that same image different each time by using different colors. What do you think of these silkscreen paintings? Andy Warhol Flowers (1970)

Andy Warhol Campbell’s Soup Can (Tomato) (1968) Pop Art - Andy Warhol This is a painting! What is famous about this image? Imagine if you painted a painting of an everyday thing that is in your house (think of something!). Is that art? Andy Warhol would say it was! Andy Warhol Campbell’s Soup Can (Tomato) (1968)

Pop Art – Roy Lichtenstein Lichtenstein self-portraits (1977-78) Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997)

Pop Art – Roy Lichtenstein Roy Lichtenstein As I Opened Fire (1964) Roy Lichtenstein was an American artist originally from New York. He was influenced by jazz music, cartoons, and comic book art. The paintings above, which are large (approx. 5.6 x 4.6 feet each), are displayed together like a comic strip. Is the artist telling a story here?

Pop Art – Roy Lichtenstein Lichtenstein made many of his paintings with a “Ben-day Dots” printing process, named after illustrator and printer Benjamin Day. In this technique, colored dots are closely-spaced, widely-spaced, or overlapping depending on the color and optical illusion needed. Roy Lichtenstein M-Maybe (A Girl’s Picture) (1965) Roy Lichtenstein Magnifying Glass (1963)

Roy Lichtenstein Girl with Ball (1961) Pop Art Roy Lichtenstein This painting was based on a flyer advertising a vacation resort in the Poconos, New York. Lichtenstein said “I use color in the same line. I want it oversimplified—anything that could be vaguely [sort of] red becomes red.” How does the artist use the colors red, black, and white in this painting ? What does the yellow make you think of ? Roy Lichtenstein Girl with Ball (1961)

Roy Lichtenstein Mustard on White (1963) Pop Art – Roy Lichtenstein What is this a painting of? How does the artist use the color white in this painting? How does he use the color red? Is black important? Do you like this painting? Roy Lichtenstein Mustard on White (1963)

Pop Art – Wayne Thiebaud Wayne Thiebaud (TEE-bo), born 1920 Wayne Thiebaud Tennis Player (Self Portrait) 1985

Pop Art – Wayne Thiebaud Wayne Thiebaud is another American artist who is associated with Pop art, although his art started a little before the Pop art movement. Thiebaud liked to use heavy pigment and exaggerated colors for his subjects. The colors and shadowing he uses are similar to cartoons and advertisements. What colors does the artist use for shading and shadows here? Wayne Thiebaud Girl with Ice Cream Cone 1963

Pop Art – Wayne Thiebaud Wayne Thiebaud Pies, Pies, Pies (1961) Wayne Thiebaud Cakes (1963) Thiebaud is best known for his paintings of objects found in diners and cafeterias, such as pies and pastries. Where do you see shadows in these paintings? What different colors did he use to paint the shadows?

Pop Art – Wayne Thiebaud Thiebaud Three Machines (1963) This is probably Thiebaud’s most famous painting. How does it make you feel?

Pop Art – Claes Oldenburg Claes Oldenburg (born 1929) and toothpaste tube sculpture Claes Oldenburg Self Portrait (1958)

Pop Art – Claes Oldenburg Not all Pop art was painting or two-dimensional (flat)! Claes Oldenburg, an artist from Sweden, created all kinds of sculptures from all kinds of materials. At first, art critics and other people ridiculed (made fun of) Oldenburg for his art, but now most people see it as whimsical and fun. What do you think? Claes Oldenburg Toilet (Hard Model) (1966) Varnish and felt-pen on corrugated cardboard and wooden construction [111.8 x 71.7 x 83.8 cm] Claes Oldenburg Soft Toilet (1966) Vinyl filled with kapok, painted with liquite and wood [132.08 x 81.28 x 76.2 cm]

Pop Art – Claes Oldenburg Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen Typewriter Eraser Scale X (1999) Painted stainless steel and fiberglass Claes Oldenburg Two Cheeseburgers with Everything (1962) Burlap soaked with plaster, painted with enamel

Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen Dropped Cone (2001) Pop Art – Claes Oldenburg This is an actual Claes Oldenburg sculpture on top of a building in Cologne, Germany! What do you think ? ! Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen Dropped Cone (2001)

Art Response Fold a sheet of paper in half and then in half again so that you have 4 sections. Can you think of an every day object (something simple) and draw 4 different versions of it using pop art colors? Try it Andy Warhol Style! Draw a picture of your favorite dessert or candy. If you could do a big crazy sculpture of something somewhere, what would it be? Where would you put it? Draw a picture of your idea. Robert Indiana