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His works are a challenge to modern and ‘mature' thinking; when humanity used to connect through myths and legends, now they believe through logic and fact. Unlike much of today's contemporary art, Ryden's work is easily accessible for the audience by the familiar symbols of toys and religious icons, contextualized into a surrealist and dreamlike world. The difference, however, is that Ryden consciously makes the decisions of what is to be part of his artwork.

Pop Art emerged in Britain in the late 50’s and the United States in the early 60’s.(Mamiya 1992) Pop Art is generally known today as a representation of celebrating popular culture and consumerism, however it’s background and origins are far more broad and extensive. There are many factors and influences that lead to the creation of the Pop Art movement such as adjusting to life after World War II, new technological advances that lead to mass cooperate growth, the evolution of Abstract Expressionism and also social issues in the media such as feminism. (Smith 2001; Mamiya 1992) Many of these factors overlap and act as a catalyst in the creation of Neodadaism and eventually Pop Art. (Livingstone 1992) Pop Art does not have a soul distinct style nor just one major influence and this can be proven by looking at key artists of the movement such as Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenburg and James Rosenquist as well as female Pop artists such as Martha Rosler. (Brauer, Edwards, Finch & Hopps 2001) Exploring these artists and the major influences of their work will break down Pop Art and establish the movement’s purpose as well as its evolution.

Produced in 2011, the work uses spun polyester, thread, nails and paint to create a web-like structure. It challenges space and time, platforming a drawn out experiential interaction. The form

The group concentrated on form and texture. The group translated scale and detail into organic, sometimes abstract design (Jacobs, 1995).

The artwork during this time was influenced by Art Nouveau which included “curvilinear shapes, illegible hand-drawn type, and intense optical color vibration inspired by the pop art movement” (Psychedelic 60s). Pieces included abstracts swirls, intense colors, and bending

I first became attracted to Yayoi Kusama’s work when I came upon a 1966 photograph of Kusama modeling on her own installation with painted dots covering her body. The photograph communicated what seemed to be a special message that fascinated me; I was curious about what symbolism the polka dots express and what connotations Kusama was intending to reveal by painting repetitive tessellations. I was instantly drawn to the manner in which Kusama dresses in the fashion of her own endless imagination; it seemed that Kusama’s body and art have merged into one creative entity, softening the variance between the artist and the art piece. In short, the photograph inspired me in discovering Kusuma’s history, analyzing her art pieces, and contemplating my

Joe Tilson’s Nine Elements, produced in 1963, is created on a massive scale at 259 cm in height and 182.80 cm across. It was purchased in 1983 by the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One, and has resided there since. Nine Elements consist of a wooden relief separated into a three-by-three matrix with paintings and wooden cut outs of everyday symbols representing abstract, sense and concepts, and three tower of flame above them painted using bright candy paint. As previously mentioned the objects depicted within the three by three grid represent conceptual elements of everyday life such as sight, sound, hearing, touch, time, and chance. The eye with glasses in the top left corner represents sight and to create this sense, Tilson, used a picture of his own eye as a model for his painting. By utilizing the media of photography, a tool that has the power to preserve in time (another one of his elements) our visual sense, he is commenting on the change in

Eric Parren (1983) is an interdisciplinary artist operating out of Los Angeles. His work lives at the intersection of art, science, and technology and investigates human connections to the ideas and technologies that shape our future. Eric's works are often deeply sensory experiences dealing with modes of perception and the physics of light and sound. Through close study of the histories of media arts, electronic music composition, and abstract film, his work makes links between the past, the present, and what is to come. Eric is a member of the art collective Macular and hosts the experimental music show La Force Sauvage on KCHUNG Radio. He is an instructor at Art Center College of Design where he teaches courses on programming for artists,

It was my pleasure to look Motherwell’s artwork and explore deeper meaning to understand his artistic world through a flat canvas. Motherwell tried to create an image that can represent our world and people’s psychological mind toward to that surroundings in his own artistic way.

What is art? Is it the photograph captured at just the right moment or is the way someone can turn one object into something incredibly breathtaking to observe? In the late 1920’s to the 1960’s cartoon artwork was booming across America. One particular artist, Roy Lichtenstein, was one of the few artists of cartoon pop art, whose art became a phenomenon. From his teens to death, Lichtenstein was indulged in his artwork. He was the creator of several well-known icons of today, while using his well-defined brush strokes, his artwork traveled across the world.

In order to discuss pop art I have chosen to examine the work and to some extent lives of Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol who were two of the main forces behind the American movement. I intend to reflect the attitudes of the public and artists in America at this time, while examining the growing popularity of pop art from its rocky, abstract expressionist start in the 1950s through the height of consumer culture in the 60s and 70s to the present day.

Unlike other forms of art, such as paintings or drawings, sculptures provide audiences with a way of looking at a piece of art in a three-dimensional form; they have depth. A viewer can walk all around a sculpture and notice every detail of it from every side (239). Sculptures can be vastly varied, however, as there are four sculpting methods and because artists have different visions and identities, and come from different backgrounds, all of which manifest themselves in an artist’s piece (241). Let’s look at the ways in which Jeff Koons’s Michael Jackson and Bubbles is different and similar to Tilman Riemenschneider’s Virgin and Child on the Crescent Moon.

Ela Boyd is an artist who creates immersive interactive installations. Born in Hollywood, California she holds a BFA from the California College of Arts and an MFA from University of California San Diego Visual Art. She currently lives and works in London,UK. Through her work she explores the nature of being through time, space, and consciousness. Rejecting the conventional notion of an image but rather as an “instant of apprehension”.

Absolute cinema aesthetically conjoins film to the immobile fine arts, bridging the gap and acting as the logical baby step between painting on canvas and working with celluloid. Not only does absolute cinema provide such a bridge but it also allows the expression of abstract and geometrical forms to exceed staticity. What could only exist as an impression of temporality through painting, drawing, and sculpture, such as within a Boccioni States of Mind paintings or Duchamp’s Nude Descending The Staircase No.2, would now create a more mimetic kinetic movement,

The use of geometric shapes in this painting allows the subject to be viewed in both a recognizable and unrecognizable state at the same time. Overall, geometric shapes and patterns play an essential role in what the viewer sees, which is further supported by a powerful color palate.