Since making its colorful debut in the 1950s, Pop Art has remained a prominent artistic movement.
Key pieces of Pop Art helped to facilitate this significant shift in artistic sensibilities.
What is Pop Art?
Pop Art is a distinctive genre of art that first popped up in post-war Britain and America.
I used to drink it.
Roy Lichtenstein,Whaam!
Original panel by Irv Novick for DC Comics' ‘All-American Men of War,' No. 89 (Feb. 1962)
Original panel by Irv Novick for DC Comics' All-American Men of War,' No.
89 (Feb. 1962)
Reminiscent of an open comic book,Whaam!is rendered on 2 panels.
These small changes speak to Lichtenstein’s larger objective, which was to personalize these mass-produced works of art.
I go all the way from having my drawing almost like the original to making it up altogether.
One particularly memorable pop culture-inspired piece isRetroactive II, a silkscreen painting created in 1964.
In the spring of 1967, he completed his most well-known pool painting:A Bigger Splash.
A simplistic diving board hovers above the sleek surface of the water, which is obstructed by a splash.
Located in theWalker Art Centers Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, this sculpture puts an artistic twist on seemingly ordinary objects.
He combined Pop Art withgraffiti, making the former even more accessibleand unavoidableto the public.
