The art exhibition "Pop art myths" is at the museum Thyssen Bornemisza from June 10 to September 14,2014 in Madrid located in the Paseo del Prado.
The webside is : http://www.museothyssen.org/
Numerous pop artists worked in this project like Lichtenstein,Warhol... (the most famous American).
The artists were also Italian: Mimmo Rotella, Spanish: Juan Genovés,French: alain Jacquet etc...
The show is now over.
Marilyn Monroe in Black and White (Twenty‐Five Marilyns)
Andy Warhol
Immediately we are immersed in the exhibition, because of the bright colours, the size of the paintings and the originality of the works. One of the characteristics of Pop Art is that every object could become art. As we can see the "brillo soap pads" used for cleaning dishes and which can now become a piece of art. There are many comic books, or photographs of the famous Marylin Monroe. It is a really innovative movement. Some of the works arouse curiosity because of their originality and can sometimes make us laugh. The figure of Mickey is very recurrent like the numerous collages etc... And tha'ts what is worth seeing for me the fact that the artist can transform a simple picture or simple objet into a very colourful painting.Were the abstract is something gorgeous. To me, the works are very enigmatic it is true to say that some of them are very simple but it have nothing to do with the originality of the myths which is for me one of the most beautiful movement, in a esthetically way.The only thing that I could reproach to the exhibition is that the artist are only men except one woman it could be interesting to see how a woman would represent for example the "urban eroticism". And that i would like to see more photographies. Pop art is the reflection of the consumer society.
As a 12 grade High school student in Art and Litterature i am very interested in art, painting and all that is artistic. By definition Pop Art is an art movement that emerged in the mid-1950s in Britain and in the late 1950s in the United states. Pop art presented a challenge to traditions of fine art by including imagery from popular culture such as advertising, news, etc. In pop art, material is sometimes visually removed from its known context. So it was time for a very different movement and so therefore very original. What i've found very interesting in this movement and exhibition is that the works are very simple and so they could be understood and seen by all the consumer society. I am not an expert in Pop art but I think that all the artist's had the same intention: to created something new, original and different from the others movements. Is a way for them to escape from the " Traditional artist" and this is why the objet or the painting is a reflection of the artist point of view. When I saw the exbition I had the impression of being in a dream. All these colours made me even imagine the world in a different way for a while. In addition, all techniques are used: painting, photography, collage etc... this is a unique characteristic of the pop art movement and what I loved the most. All these works have a certain way a mechanical hand, which reflects the industry of the consumerism. For me the works are worked more on their form than their meaning, which gives them an abstract side which i've found very original. However, an object can have multiple meanings depending on the viewer. For example, Lichtenstein is inspired by comic strips sentimental it made me laugh, and particularly remembered the expectations of a pathetic society of consumerism.
Roy LICHTENSTEIN
Forget it, forget me. 1962
The work that have caught my attention is :
Joe Tilson
Mantra Pool, 1975
Milan
Joe Tilson is an English pop art painter, sculptor and printmaker.What i've found original in this work is that with one word " Pool" which can have many meanings, you can make a simply but very original, inovative piece of art. This work proves that Pop art can be very abstract but very beautiful too. Without the gradation in colour the work would not be the same and if all the work will be in color too. From yellow to green through black, red, blue... I think that this work is the most simple work in all this exhibition. However, it's the first painting that had caught my attention. What i've found the most striking is the world repeated " POOL" and the fact that there are five columns and only one is colored. What caught my attention first is obviously the colors. This work is very simple and has nothing special but this is what I prefer because it is through the abstract that each can have its own interpretation. I think this painting has no meaning and that everything is based on its aesthetic.This is why I liked it and found it original. We usually think that art is always associated with a precise critical meaning. But is not, the artist just wanted to create something innovative and operated his imagination. This is what I find absolutely fabulous with this work is that for some people, it is quite trivial and too abstract. For me it is the one that most caught my attention because it is abstract and aesthetically I loved the way it is present. I do not know if it has a history and a particular meaning but I do not think so. To conclude, there is not much to say about this picture. For me it can be referred to as one of the most original works of the exhibition.
The show is now over but there are many exhibitions of Pop art all around the world like in Paris, London, Italia and many more...
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