Monday Morning Museum: Pop Art

Pop Art – From the 1950s to 1960s

“Pop art is an art movement that emerged in the mid-1950s in Britain and in the late 1950s in the United States. Pop art presented a challenge to traditions of fine art by including imagery from popular culture such as advertising, news, etc. In pop art, material is sometimes visually removed from its known context, isolated, and/or combined with unrelated material. The concept of pop art refers not as much to the art itself as to the attitudes that led to it.” – Wikipedia.org

In addition to Andy Warhol (see art example below), other practitioners of Pop Art are Robert Rauschenberg and Roy Lichtenstein.

The Birth of Venus by Andy Warhol (1928-1987)

Last Monday’s Art – Pointillism
Next Monday’s Art – Post-Impressionism

Top of post: “Pop Art” graphic created by Adrean Darce Brent
Below: “Monday Morning Museum” logo created by Adrean Darce Brent

Monday Morning Museum: Robert Rauschenberg

Robert Rauschenberg – Thursday 22 October 1925 Port Arthur, Texas to Monday 12 May 2008 Captiva Island, Florida

American Pop Artist


In a departure from the Rauschenberg paintings shown above, here is an outdoor, public art piece – Riding Bikes, 1998 – located in Berlin, Germany.



Last Monday’s Artist – Edgar Degas
Next Monday’s Artist – Walker Evans


Images:
Left: Yoicks, 1953 from the website pinatura.aut.org
Center: Winter Pool, 1959 from Workman Publishing
Right: Retroactive I, 1964 from the website pinatura.aut.org
Below: “Monday Morning Museum” logo created by Adrean Darce Brent