Popart is an art movement that
began in the 1950’s. It was a reaction
to Abstract Expressionism (like splatter paintings of Jackson Pollock) that
required the viewer to understand art and art history to appreciate the art,
and a reaction to pop-culture and advertising. Artists looked to pop-culture
(movie stars, music icons, comic books, etc.) and advertisements as
inspiration. They appropriated (or
borrowed without permission) images from photographers, artists, and
advertisers and made them their own by using original coloring (often primary
colors), compositions, and changing the context. 8th grade art
students selected an image from modern day pop-culture and “Pop art-ed” it
using similar techniques to Roy Lichtenstein, including Benday dots. Benday
dots are dots that printers used prior to pixels. Roy Lichtenstein, a famous
Pop artist, used them in his paintings to contrast artist made vs. machine
made.
