Women's Studies 2158A/B Lecture Notes - Niki De Saint Phalle, Pornographic Magazine, Pop Art

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 2158A/B
• Professor: Sonia Halpern

Document Summary

Lecture 010 pop art: new meanings and media for sculptural figures. Final exam same format as mid-term: not cumulative. Pop art: definition, image of women by male pop artists. Started in great britain then moved to the us, particularly ny. Artistic movement that ran from 1956 . Considered an urban movement, big city kind of movement. Anything that was appealing to the mass market; anything that was popular in the society of. Loved the idea of a person or thing that was immediately recognizable. Campbell"s soup cans (andy warhol, 1961 - 1962) See the red and white cans the same way you would at a grocery store. Trying to blur the distinction between what was considered high art in the past and what was seen in everyday life. Pop art not well-received by conventional art critics: no separation between high art and everything else; critics kind of elitist in this way, wanted fine art to be in its own category.