What is the Pop Art Movement?

The pop art style is easy to teach and create. Teachers can teach about Andy Warhol’s pop art, other famous pop artists and pop art in

today’s culture.

WHAT IS POP ART?

Emerged in mid twentieth century in United Kingdom and United States of America simultaneously, the main agenda of this pop art movement was to solidify the idea that art can be drawn from any source or any day to day object from our surrounding. In this movement, artists incorporated common objects like burgers, soup cans and etc into their art work and created masterpieces.

Beginning:

This movement started in early 1950s in Britain by “Independent Group” consisting of painters, sculptors, critics and writers. Then by late 1950s it reached United States and spread rapidly. It is commonly said that most of the roots of this movement lie in the Cultural Revolution that was led by the thinkers, activists and artists of that time. It started spreading quickly and many people believe “Richard Hamilton”, a pop pioneer’s collage that was shown in the Whitechapel Gallery in London, was the official beginning of this movement. After the movement started, it quickly started influencing fine art and culture and is still doing it. Hamilton describes Pop Art movement by saying “Pop Art is popular, transient, expandable, low cost, mass produced, young, witty, sexy, gimmicky, glamorous, big business.

Characteristics:
Pop art was famous because of its vibrancy and attraction but below are some of the defining characteristics of pop Art.

Famous images: Pop art utilized the objects that were commonly known commercially like road signs, soup cans, pictures of celebrities and even brand names and logos.

Vibrant Colors: Pop art used vibrant and bright colors especially red, yellow and blue primary colors were prominent in the pop art.

Irony and Satire: Humor was the essential component of pop art as artists used to challenge status quo and made statements about current events.

Creative Techniques: Pop Artists used innovative new techniques in art like silkscreen printing and lithography or printing from a metal plate to produce large amount of images.

Mixed Media: Pop artists often blended a variety of media from different materials.

ROY LICHTENSTEIN POP ART WORDS:

Pop Art words that explore onomatopoeia and Words as Pop Art Styled artworks are sure to engage your students! Explore Roy Lichtenstein’s Word Artworks with your students! You can teach them about the different color schemes he uses and the graphic arts style of creating his art. Kids can pick a word that expresses a sound and create, mimicking the style of Lichtenstein! In this art lesson, students will use paint and marker to create Pop Art that is inspired by the famous artworks of Roy Lichtenstein from the Pop Art Movement. Engage your students with fun Pop Art Artworks! A wonderful Art Project that is ready-to-use! Find this complete art lesson in my Tapt Store or in the Pop Art Bundle upon its release with your Artistic Collective Membership!

Pop Art Lesson Ideas

I am starting a new series of blog posts about different genres from Art History and here are some Pop Art lesson ideas to kick it off. It makes my heart happy when a student shares with me they recognized a work of art, artist or genre somewhere outside my classroom. Students often report back to me when they have seen Pop Art in stores, restaurants and even on social media. For this reason, my first genre post is all about Pop Art.

What is Pop Art?

Pop Art was born in England and reached the United States in the late 1950s. Pop Art is based on modern popular culture and mass media, especially as a comment on traditional fine art values. It often includes images and icons from popular media, everyday goods or any engagement with popular culture and uses vibrant and bright colors. These characteristics make Pop Art lessons well received by students of all ages.