8th Grade Pop Art!!!

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. 8^th 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.