'Pop Art Myths' and the 'MYTHS & HEROES' Notion
1) The notion Myths and Heroes focus on the main ideas which is a popular belief or story that has become associated with a person , institution , or occurrence , especially one considered to illustrate a cultural idea . Many people turn into myths because they made a mark on everyone's mind by reason of glamour, love affair, political commitment , movies, music ... and they are know finally by all the generations through the different years. We can relate the Pop art exhibition and pop art movement with Myths and Heroes , Pop art used repeatedly famous myths like Marilyn Monroe , Mickey Mouse ... to made art painting but they also used object that became myths like the Campbell's Soup Cans, in pop art all the object could be art and at the same time a myth this cultural idea change the mind of people in relation to art. With the pop art movement , artists like Andy Warhol became myths .
Artwork by Andy Warhol, Jackie (Four Jackies) (Portraits of Mrs. Jacqueline 1964
2) This pop art artwork is screen printed acrylic
on four canvas panels made in 1964 and each panel are 20 x 16 inches
(50.8 x 40.6 cm).
John F. Kennedy died in 1963, he was assassinated.
Andy Warhol picked photographs used in media before and after this tragedy to
focus on Jacqueline Kennedy ( the president's widow) . Andy Warhol used this unusual
and different approach to image , using photographs of celebrities from
newspaper , journal, magazines... to build up an individual's public image
rather than conceiving his own artwork and his own interpretation of this American
myths. This the combination of four pictures splendidly edit and the influence of mass media covering
and sharing this tragedy. This painting illustrate the notion myths and hero
because Warhol focus on Jackie Kennedy who was considerate like a myth of America
, her story was also like a myth , the love story with JFK is a kind a popular
story , she was related with mafia , his husband was also in a love affair with
another myth ( Marilyn Monroe)... The reinterpretation of Warhol shown her as a
charismatic, magnetic
woman and all this contribute to say that Jackie was and stay a Myths.
3) In My Opinion the Pop art movement is a kind of
modern art , artists broke rules of classism but they kept using old bases of
art (like painting ) .This movement took the inspiration in objects of everyday
life and also in celebrities for example , and this is something I really enjoy
in pop art. I also love the way of the bright colors are used it's not
conventional , the reinterpretation and the emotional aspect of pop art
movement are the most pleasant and that's why I really like pop art movement.
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