I chose Roy Lichtenstein's work to inspire mine as it had some similar qualities. His sculptural work is flat and uses graphic, "pop-art" symbols and shapes. They often had a plastic-seeming finish and sometimes have a mobile like quality (like shown above). These qualities are also reflected in my piece which focuses on symbolic flat shapes of fruits, graphic features, and it will have a mobile quality.
Roy Lichtenstein was born on October 27, 1923 in New York City. He is obviously most well known for his paintings, synonymous with pop art in general, but made other work along the way, including the sculptures shown above. As a teenager he studied at the Art Students League of NY with Reginald Marsh before going to Ohio State University. He was drafted and sent to Europe where he continued to sketch, before returning to NY. He was inspired by the Abstract Expressionist movement and used similar techniques while unlike the others incorporating some common characters (Mickey, Donald Duck). In 1961, he created Look Mickey which was his first use of Ben-Day dots that became integral to his work. He drew from comic books and newspaper strips, and became an active participant in the Pop Art Movement, focusing less on artistic expression than the Abstract Expressionists. At the time he was criticized for copying and being unoriginal. In the next years until his death in 1997, he continued to explore with his work, using new materials and moving to 3D sculptures similar to those above. Sources used for info and to answer questions: https://www.theartstory.org/artist-lichtenstein-roy.htm#synopsys_header https://lichtensteinfoundation.org/biography/ https://www.imageduplicator.com/main.php https://owlcation.com/humanities/20th-Century-Art-Movements-with-Timeline 1. Using the 3rd link above (image duplicator) look at how Lichtenstein's work has changed and transformed over the years (click on decade and then year at top). What are some qualities or mediums you notice changing or being focused on during a specific time period .(write out three different time periods and some characteristics about the work)? 2. How do you think Lichtenstein was influenced by the artistic movements over the course of his life and how can you see this reflected? What movements are occurring today and reflect on whether this has influenced your work at all? 3. There are multiple relations between Lichtenstein's pop art paintings and his sculptures. Try to find two works (painting and sculpture) that seems similar and compare them. Are there any pieces of yours you could alter to fit another medium?
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MM
5/1/2019 04:41:53 pm
Helen... this post is incomplete. Wen I checked it earlier, I assumed you had just not finished it... but it is still not finished. Please add the rest of the components so that your classmate who is assigned your artist can do their work. Thanks!!
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Helen Hall
5/1/2019 05:19:51 pm
Hi Mrs Mosley sorry about that it seemed like Weebly glitched, I saw your comment and went to my website and saw the same issue, so I went to the blog editor and luckily when i clicked on the post it all showed up at the bottom. I'm not quite sure what happened, I had updated it and posted it before the 23rd but I went back and just posted it again. Sorry about the confusion, it should be good for people to use now!
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MM
5/6/2019 08:18:36 am
Great, thank you! It's always a good idea to double-check that your posts publish as you you want them to - weird things happen a lot with Weebly and with anything that relies on an Internet connection.
Ada
5/9/2019 06:41:45 pm
Hi Helen! This post was great and very helpful. I really feel like I was able to easily learn a lot from it! Your overview had just the right amount of information, to both teach and make the reader want to learn and research more. You had a nice variety of links and quite interactive questions, they seem very well thought out. Great job!
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