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Mark your diary ! : Tate Modern presents the exhibition- “The World Goes Pop”, pop art expression in global context

06 Tuesday Oct 2015

Posted by meappropriatestyle in abstract art, art discussion, art exhibitions, art history notes, avant garde, cultural events

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"the readymades", "The World Goes Pop" - art exhibition, Andy Warhol, art discussion, art exhibitions - 2015/2016, dadaism, Henri Cueco, Marcel Duchamp, Nicola L., pop art, pop art movement, pop artists, Roy Lichtenstein, Tate Modern, Ushio Shinohara

 

 

The dawn of the pop art movement-

during the post-war era, 1950’s – 1960’s

was a direct assault on

the established “status quo” of art styles and interpretive.

 

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The term “pop art”

coined in 1955 by British art critic and curator Lawrence Alloway

was introduced to describe visuals of subject matter,

which were characterised by

images of the mundane, the normal, the everyday:  a “low art”

in direct contrast to those images long considered “high art” of

lofty, aspirational, inspirational topics.

 

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Pop art is a re-interpretive expression, querying:

what is art?,  what is its function?,  who is it for?

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Pop art’s colourful pictorials depicted objects

symbolic of a heightened consumerism of post-war society .

The iconography of pop art stemmed from

adverts, photos of celebrities, comic strips, everyday consumer items.

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This was an art style of which

the viewing masses could readily identify and thus appreciate.

This was art for all, not just a chosen few.

The pop art movement was an equalising force of sorts within the art world.

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Pop art of the mid twentieth century continued

in the vein of the Dada art movement, which commenced

in the early twentieth century (immediately post WW I).

Dadaism, as championed by the likes of

French-American conceptual artist, Marcel Duchamp-

characterised art as a forum for articulation of ideas,

over emphasis on beauty of imagery portrayed.

It is said that when Duchamp gave up painting, he stated:

“I was interested in ideas—not merely in visual products.”

(quote from moma.org)

Duchamp interest was of “the readymades”:

a recycling of utilitarian, readily available objects

and the creating for mass production-

things new with these random items.

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by Marcel Duchamp

“The readymades”

Fountain (1917)

pop art, duchamp, fountain,

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Bottle rack (1914)

(image from artic.edu):

pop art, duchamp,Bottle Rack

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Bicycle wheel

(image from moma.org):

pop art, Duchamp.-Bicycle-Wheel

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As extension of Dadaism specifically and conceptual art generally

pop art flourished as an expression which sought to

re-define the meaning of art.

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Initially prominent in the United States,

the pop art movement quickly spread to Britain

and is widely regarded as essentially

an Anglo-American artistic form.

 

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Due to its familiar and accessible images,

the popularity of pop art continues ever strong.

There have been many shows

hosted at venues around the world

on this unique post-modernist movement

Hence, the public is particularly knowledgeable of

iconic works produced by such famed pop artists as

Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, among others.

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by Andy Warhol

common everyday products

celebrity circle

(image from moma.org):

Campbell Soup

pop art, campbell soup can, warhol,

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(image from en.cafa.com.cn):

Brillo Box

pop art, brillo box, warhol, en.cafa.com.cn Andy-Warhol-Brillo-Boxes

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Banana

(image from pitchfork.com):

pop art, banana, warhol

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John Lenon

(image from fanpop.com):

pop art, john, lennon, Andy-Warhol

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by Roy Lichtenstein

comic strip mania

food stuff

(image from artwallpaper.eu):

Varoom

pop art, varoom, lichtenstein

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Mickey and Donald

(image from dailymail uk):

Roy Lichtenstein "Look Mickey"

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Cherry pie

(image from christies.com):

pop art, cherry pie,roy_lichtenstein

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Standing rib

(image from wikiart):

pop art, standing-rib, lichtenstein,

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The exhibition The World Goes Pop

now at the Tate Modern, on the Southbank (London)-

explores the history, expression, impact of the pop art movement

from a global perspective.

The show is part of focused examination of pop art as

a world wide art phenomenon-

spreading beyond the borders of a

boisterous, youth-driven, counter-establishment,

Western consumerism, Anglo-American art form

highlighting images of popular culture.

This exhibition gives voice to  the international chorus of

the pop art movement.

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Pop art world wide resonance

Les Rouges Hommes

by French artist, Henri Cueco

(image from wsimag.com):

pop art, the world goes pop,Henri-Cueco-Les-Hommes-Rouges, 1968-9

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Red coat (1973)

by French born /  NYC based, Nicola L.

pop art, the world goes pop, nicola L, red coat 1973,

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Doll Festival (1966)

by Japanese, neo-dadist artist, Ushio Shinohara

pop art, the world goes pop, dollfestival1966, by ushio shinohara

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Included in the exhibition are over 160 works from around the world:

the Middle East, Latin America, Europe, Asia.

These pieces are representative of the impact of the pop art movement

as a global creative platform for commentary on political concerns,

societal ills, public outcry.

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The World Goes Pop

until 24 January 2016

Tate Modern, London

 

For further information, visit:

http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/ey-exhibition-world-goes-pop?gclid=CJ-grYCYrsgCFUGx2wodoFEEbg

 

 

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Mark your diary! A visual of silence: the paintings of abstract artist Agnes Martin at the Tate Modern, London

03 Monday Aug 2015

Posted by meappropriatestyle in abstract art, art exhibitions

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abstract art, abstract artist, abstract imagery, Agnes Martin, gridwork paintings, Tate Modern

 

The artist Agnes Martin

was born in the provincial town of Macklin, Saskatchewan-Canada.

She would become a naturalised U.S. citizen in 1940.

 

 

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Her birth year,  1912

is the same as that of the sinking of the Titanic-

a fateful occurence of seismic historical impact;

an explosive event remembered by imagery severe.

 

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The expressionist abstract paintings by Agnes Martin, by contrast

are of quiet, subdued, measured intent.

From the late 1960s until her death at the age of 92 in 2004,

Ms. Martin produced works of a serene, contemplative quality.

 

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(photo by Donald Woodman):

(image from the pace gallery):   agnes martin, abstract artist

Photo of the artist Agnes Martin

taken by photographer Donald Woodman

who worked as her assistant,  1977 – 1984

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Ms.  Martin is widely known for her geometric girdwork paintings

of precisely drawn horizontal and vertical lines

and she is recognised for her paintings of colour bands

in muted, subdued, tightly restrained colours-

so faint as to be almost imperceptible.

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Ms.  Martin once  summarised her process as

“… (painting) with my back to the world”.   (quote from the Guardian, UK).

Her paintings elicit a sense of soothing, quiet reflection-

an aesthetic element of composed stillness, of quietude.

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agnes martin, abstract artist

Untitled

water colour and graphite on paper (1977)

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agnes martin, abstract artist

Happy Holiday 

(1997)

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Ms.  Martin’s paintings of abstract expression

lack all sense of the chaotic mental energy

which often defined her personal life.

Diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenia,

Ms. Martin lived the greater part of her adult life as a recluse-

living a Spartan existence on a mesa in New Mexico, USA.

Her self-imposed isolated circumstance seemingly

quelled the inner disturbances which troubled her-

at least enough for her to produce such ‘noiseless’ paintings.

(Those afflicted with paranoid schizophrenia often state that they hear “voices”.)

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Early phase of Agnes Martin’s artistic development:

The Biomorphic paintings

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(image from taos news):

agnes martin, abstract artist

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These works are of the

pre-geometric, pre-grid, pre-colour band phase

of Ms. Martin’s ouevre

The biomorphic paintings are of abstract shapes,

which ellicit reference to living forms.

 

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(image from phaidon):

agnes martin, abstract artist

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(image from the harwood musuem):

agnes martin, abstract artist

(1949)

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Quietude.   Exactitude.

A serene geometry

 

 

agnes martin, abstract artist

(1959)

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(image from artnet):

agnes martin, abstract artist

(1963)

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(image from the pace gallery):

 

agnes martin, abstract artist

Islands

aryclic, graphite on canvas

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Ms. Martin’s paintings have been exhibited

in prominent museums world-wide including

the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art

the Museum of Modern Art

the Whitney Museum of American Art (NYC)

and currently the Tate Modern, London.

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She would continue to paint until her death in 2004.

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(image from christies):

agnes martin, abstract artist

(2003)

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Agnes Martin

Tate Modern, London

until 11 October 2015

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For further details, view:

http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/agnes-martin

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Mark your diary! an exhibition on the paintings of artist Kazimir Malevich and the development of Suprematism, Tate Modern – London

07 Thursday Aug 2014

Posted by meappropriatestyle in abstract art, art history notes, art speak, avant garde, exhibitions, inspiration, mark your diary

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art exhibitions - 2014, Kazimir Malevich, Mark your diary!, Tate Modern

Kazimir Malevich, 1879 -1935

(image from telegraph.co.uk):

Malevich-self-portrait 1908-'10 telegraph.co.uk_2974192b

Self portrait, 1908 – 1910

Kazimir Malevich

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was a Russian painter whose work was influenced by Cubist aesthetics,

as introduced by the artists Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque.

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Cubism was an art movement, which originated in the 1910s

with Picasso and Braque interpretive of a breaking up and re-assembling

of a given subject in basic geometric shapes and abstract form.

The rendering is meant to be appreciated from various focal perspectives,

thus generating a sense of dimensionality and dynamism.

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(image from artchive.com):

picasso cubist portrait of wilhelm Uhde 1910 from artchive.comuhde

cubist portrait of Wilhem Uhde, 1910

by Pablo Picasso

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(image from tellcliff.com):

PicassoPainting carafe jug and fruit bowl 1909 from tellcliffcom

Carafe, Jug and Fruit Bowl, 1909

by Pablo Picasso

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(images from acquavella galleries:

georges Braque___Habor 1909 from acquavella galleries.com_NGA0

Harbour, 1909

by George Braques

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georgesBraque___Glass_Bottle_and_Newspaper 1912 from acquavellagalleries.com0

Glass, Bottle and Newspaper

by Georg Braques

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Cubist sensibilities and abstract imagery

in interpreting how images are viewed and depicted

resonated with Kazimir Malevich,

who took geometric abstraction another step in his creating of

Suprematism.

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In Suprematism, a term he coined in 1915,

Malevich was concerned with expressing purity:

 works free from political or social innuendos

composed of simple geometric forms.

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Mark your diary!

The Tate Modern, London

is the venue for a retrospective exhibition,

which chronicles the works of Kazimir Malevich

from his early landscape paintings / local scenes,

his development of Suprematism

and later works of figurative art.

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Early Works:

local scene / landscape

(images from pravda.ru):

kazimir malevich flower girl 1903 from pravda.ru191

Flower Girl, 1903

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 kazimir malevich landscape 1906-1908 from pravd.ru

Landscape, 1906 – 1908

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Suprematism

paintings by Kazimir Malevich

 

(image from tate.org.uk):

 

malevich use black sq 1915 tateorguk2148_9

Black Square, 1915

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(image from artinthepicture.com):

malevich areoplane flying from artinthe picture.com suprematist

Aeroplane Flying

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(images from art observed):

malevich artobservedsupremus-56-malevich

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malevich_suprematist 1916 from artobserved.com

painted in 1916

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malevich artobservedsuprematist-1917-malevich

painted in 1917

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malevich artobservedsuprematism-self-portrait-malevich

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 Later Works:

figurative paintings

(images from art might):

malevich artmightcom three women 1928normal_malevich-three-women-1928-32

Three Women, 1928

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malevich artmightcom normal_malevich-two-peasants-1928-32

Two Peasants, 1928

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Tate Modern, London

Bankside, London SE

Malevich:  Revolutionary of Russian Art

until 26 October 2014

malevichbanner tate org uk

For further information:

http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/malevich

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WHAAM! … Wow … Roy Lichtenstein!

16 Tuesday Apr 2013

Posted by meappropriatestyle in art influence - fashion, avant garde, colour, colour traits

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Lichtenstein - retrospective exhibition, pop art, pop artist, primary colours, Roy Lichtenstein, Tate Modern, War and Romance series

The Tate Modern, London is hosting a retrospective exhibition

on the works of American pop artist

Roy Lichtenstein (1923 – 1997)

(image from fineartamerica.com)

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Prolific, Provocative, Perceptive

his paintings were of known images and motifs,

ordinary objects, comic characters, famous paintings:

an aerosol can, Mickey Mouse, a great Picasso …

transforming these visuals into his own aesthetics.

Re-interpreting, Re-creating, Realising

something new in his creative process.

(image from lichtensteinpaintings.com)

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Roy Lichtenstein Look Mickey 1961

(image from tate.org.uk)

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(image from tate.org.uk)

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(image from npr.org)

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Lichtenstein explored a wide spectrum of subjects:

landscapes,  nudes,  geometric forms

and materials:

ceramics,  steel, brass, perspex

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He is probably best recognised for his painting series

War and Romance

These iconic images stemmed from

war comics and romance books

and were as much art as contemporary social commentary.

The palette is primarily bright primary colours

yellow,  red,  blue,  black, white

and use of Ben-Day dots to accomplish his unique style.

(image from tate.org.uk)

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(image from scottzagar.com)

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(image from guardian.co.uk)

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(image from guardian.co.uk)

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Lichtenstein produced iconic images,

which continue to probe, prod and challenge our sensibilities.

The sun has yet, if ever, to set on the appreciative response to

his collective body of work.

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LICHTENSTEIN:  A Retrospective

at the Tate Modern until 27 May 2013

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Take the BBC televised tour of the exhibition:

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