© Gar Powell-Evans 2013. Courtesy Barbican Art Gallery.
Pop art is perhaps one of the most influential and popular
art movements to date, maybe due to its unbreakable affinity with the 60s, a
decade that still dazzles our own with its optimism, frivolity, and in its
feeling of dynamic innovation, exemplified by the first human forays into
space. It was also the moment when the line dividing high and low art and
culture was irreversibly blurred.
Pop Art Design, the Barbican’s latest exhibition, explores
the cyclical relationship of inspiration and mimicry between art and articles
of consumerism, examining the dialogues and emerging technologies that fed into
the advent and domination of the pop art movement.
Some of the best known pieces contributing to this new style
of art, was Andy Warhol’s coca cola paintings, one of which “Coca-Cola: Close
Cover Before Striking” is featured in the exhibition. Created in 1962, the
piece takes its inspiration from the brand’s advertising, exemplifying the
comment of pop artists on commodity fetishism and how they brought democratic
equality into the beforehand elitist world of art by making their subject
matter something that was accessible to, and understood by, the everyday
person.
The Barbican conveys the rapid discourse between art and the
world of the consumer by exhibiting examples of both side by side. We can see Roy Lichtenstein’s
“In The Car” as well as the original comic strip it was based on, a part of the
1961 comic book series Girls' Romances edition #78. The aforementioned Coca
Cola inspired Warhol pieces are displayed next to a 60s pop art inspired vending
machine.
There is no doubt that is exhibition will be one of the
Barbican’s most popular this year, treating visitors to more than 200 pieces by
over 70 artists and designers, in a bright and sunny space evoking the
positivity of the era. Not only will pop art fans be able to see some of the
most famous pieces of the time, but can also see lesser known pieces by these
greats and their contemporaries – stand out pieces are Gaetano Pesce’s enormous
anglepoise lamp, Herman Miller’s Marshmallow Sofa and Judy Chicago’s colourful
car bonnet.
Standard tickets are £12 with concessions available. Pop Art
Design is running until the 9th of February.
© Gar Powell-Evans 2013. Courtesy Barbican Art Gallery.
Pop art is perhaps one of the most influential and popular
art movements to date, maybe due to its unbreakable affinity with the 60s, a
decade that still dazzles our own with its optimism, frivolity, and in its
feeling of dynamic innovation, exemplified by the first human forays into
space. It was also the moment when the line dividing high and low art and
culture was irreversibly blurred.
Pop Art Design, the Barbican’s latest exhibition, explores
the cyclical relationship of inspiration and mimicry between art and articles
of consumerism, examining the dialogues and emerging technologies that fed into
the advent and domination of the pop art movement.
Some of the best known pieces contributing to this new style
of art, was Andy Warhol’s coca cola paintings, one of which “Coca-Cola: Close
Cover Before Striking” is featured in the exhibition. Created in 1962, the
piece takes its inspiration from the brand’s advertising, exemplifying the
comment of pop artists on commodity fetishism and how they brought democratic
equality into the beforehand elitist world of art by making their subject
matter something that was accessible to, and understood by, the everyday
person.
The Barbican conveys the rapid discourse between art and the
world of the consumer by exhibiting examples of both side by side. We can see Roy Lichtenstein’s
“In The Car” as well as the original comic strip it was based on, a part of the
1961 comic book series Girls' Romances edition #78. The aforementioned Coca
Cola inspired Warhol pieces are displayed next to a 60s pop art inspired vending
machine.
There is no doubt that is exhibition will be one of the
Barbican’s most popular this year, treating visitors to more than 200 pieces by
over 70 artists and designers, in a bright and sunny space evoking the
positivity of the era. Not only will pop art fans be able to see some of the
most famous pieces of the time, but can also see lesser known pieces by these
greats and their contemporaries – stand out pieces are Gaetano Pesce’s enormous
anglepoise lamp, Herman Miller’s Marshmallow Sofa and Judy Chicago’s colourful
car bonnet.
Standard tickets are £12 with concessions available. Pop Art
Design is running until the 9th of February.
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