Rebellious art form: Pop Art
The Pop style is known in the United States as "Neo-Dadaism" because Richard Hamilton, who is regarded as the father of Pop Art, was actually a student of Duchamp, and his work "What Makes Today's Families So Different and So Attractive?" is regarded as the pioneering work of Popperism.
1. The definition and origin of pop art
Pop art, also known as popular art, also known as neorealism (non-Italian neorealism), is often seen as an abbreviation for the word "popular," which stands for a form of popular culture. Affected by World War II, Western cultural and artistic exchanges were constrained to a certain extent;
In the 50s of the 20th century, the post-war economic recovery and gradually stable life made people dare to release pressure, pursue themselves, and break through themselves. Pop art that pursues fashion, unrestrained, and dazzling is born, and has rapidly developed into a major art school in Britain, the United States and other countries at that time.
2. Introduction to the characteristics of pop art
Pop Art, also known as Pop Art, is an art movement that explores the relationship between popular culture and art. Pop Art sought to overthrow abstract art and turn to symbols, and Pop Art's concept was a challenge to the inherent social system of the time, as confirmed by Pop Art's ideological claims and stylistic characteristics. Pop art advocates color jumping and does not take into account tonal harmony; Materials are ubiquitous and ubiquitous, not limited to form; Variable shape and unlimited quantity; Wait a minute
Pop art is "popular art", advocating that everyone can understand and design. The distinctive characteristics of art and the rich creation carrier make Pop Art have an influence on many design fields, such as graphic design, architectural design, product design, etc. At that time, a large number of designers had a pop art style, and the packaging leaflets of goods, the walls of stores, the posters of movie theaters and even discarded items were all carriers of their creations.
3. Famous artists of Pop Art
Let's introduce seven representative pop artists and experience their interpretation of pop art!
Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol, the initiator and main advocate of the American Pop Art movement, was different from the serious and mystical attitude of his abstract expressionist predecessors towards art, and he was completely immersed in the world of mass consumerism with no connotation on the outside. For example, he often pastes US dollars, canned food boxes, junk and celebrity photos directly on canvas, breaking the boundary between elegance and popularity, so he is loved by the world.
Warhol died in New York in 1987. A famous saying before his death is known to the world: "Everyone will have a chance to become famous for 15 minutes"! He added: "I have never collapsed, because I have never been intact..."
Jeff Koons
Jeff Koons is a famous contemporary American pop artist. Experimentation with colour, scale, and materials resulted in cheerful, witty sculptures, paintings, and installations that span – and often cross – the edges of taste. Exploring ideas of goods, landscapes, celebrities and consumption, Koons has crafted the immortal balloon dog, a series of relationships with Italian star Cicciolina, cast aluminum pool toys, a golden porcelain sculpture of Michael Jackson, and a sculpture of a giant resembling Play-Doh.
Breaking through the public's prejudice against traditional art and reflecting the impetuosity, desire and inner fragility of every modern person may be the greatest value that Jeff Koons's works bring to us in this era.
Yayoi Kusama
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama was an influential figure in the art scene of postwar New York, and since returning to Japan in the 70s of the 20th century, Kusama's work has captured the imagination and senses, including dazzling walk-in installations, public sculpture and "addicted to the point" painting. With the "Mirror Room" series and the explosive patterns and patterns of dense phobia, it has swept the world.
The loneliness and pain of childhood created Kusama's neuroticism, and at the age of 10, Kusama knew that he was a psychopath. She has a certain visual and visual impairment, the world she sees is different from ordinary people, and everything in her eyes seems to be covered with a layer of circular light.
Yoshitomo Nara
Yoshitomo Nara, born in 1959 in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, is a well-known modern artist in Japan, whose works include manga and animation, and have been exhibited in museums in Europe, the United States and Japan. The signs of his pen are the big child, the white and tame dog, and the child in the sheep costume, which is very cute; The materials range from large acrylic paintings to three-dimensional multi-media or ceramic sculptures.
Yoshitomo Nara's highly personal symbolic and stylized works have set off a trend of countering art and countering trends.
Lai Zhicheng
Chinese artist Lai Zhicheng, also known for his symbolist graphic paintings, was born in China in 1958 and was one of the representatives of the new cartoon movement of the 90s.
His creative work is very diverse, including: painting, video, etc., as well as various cross-border collaborations, creative thinking and techniques are not only at the forefront of trends, bold and innovative conceptual themes, distinct painting style, bright colors, flat cartoon images, rebellious panda. Transform cute cartoon characters into symbols to interpret contemporary spiritual outlook and philosophical thought.
Most of his creative themes come from contemporary popular cartoon art, integrating Eastern tradition and Western civilization, his works have a surrealist sense of absurdity, but also have symbolic meanings in abstract art, as well as metaphors in symbolist art, there is no lack of profound connotation in his distinctive and rebellious personality, and the composition of his picture elements is very oriental mysticism. Bright and bold colors, simplified cartoon image, deep atmosphere and good looking.
Takashi Murakami
Murakami Takashi is best known in the 90s of the 20th century for his "super flat" theory and for organizing exemplary exhibitions of the title, which connect the origins of contemporary Japanese visual culture with Japanese historical art. His work includes paintings, sculptures, drawings, animations, and collaborations with brands such as Louis Vuitton.
"Desire is the best catalyst", is such a talented, ordinary-looking uncle, but in just 6 years, with his drilling camp in the Western art world, he became the godfather of the trend in Japan and even the Western art world. In 2008, he was selected as the only visual artist in the "100 Most Influential People in the World" by Time magazine.
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