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MarchTheme(Art Movements): Pop Art (7/7)

2D Collage posted on Mar 30, 2003
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*"What is pop art doing in your opinion?" "It is using the commercial potential of art, I reckon."* Roy Lichtenstein, 1963 --- Subject: Digital Quest For Affection, two pictures assembled, and moduled in Adobe Photoshop 3 --- Pop(ular) art was used to define, in England,a wave born in the 60s in USA, and from there quickly spread all over the world.Pop Art moves from the acknowledge that we live among commercial objects,bombed by constant visual advertising about them,that multiplies these objects in infinite numbers of copies,watchin us like totems from the walls of our streets, from tvs, from papers.Just like in previous times other objects and subjects were having their own languages to the viewer, so these industrial objects have theirs, that we naturally understand by osmosis since we are authomatically capable, living in these times where they are present too,to relate with that reality that makes our minds "consumistic" which they represents.We are conditioned by this situation, and this has modified as well our ways to see and to get the images around us.Pop art puts under our eyes the trivial, that we live immersed in, and tell us that this trivial has its sense; this trivial, is actually us, our societies' mark. And it is not a bad thing.Often people have related Pop Art to Dadaism. But again, Dadaism was a controversy against the kind of trivial that pop Art celebrates not like a disease but like a statement.Something that exist, so better analyze it than refuse reality.Pop Art wants to celebrate the trivial not because it is good in itself, but because it is a sign of current times, and it's artistic to describe the current times just like they are. With the language apt for it.The trivial object gets then observed, decontestualized, extruded from its frame with a similar way than Metaphisic and Surrealism used, but without any other aim that make us see that that trivial object do exist. As an important, yet undervalued, part of our life.Most relevant Pop Art names were Oldenburg, Warhol, Lichtenstein.Before them, as passage artists we shall mention Johns andRauschenberg. The three major names, in their personal accents, study detailes of life as we live it, enlargin their importance, and at the same time lucidly makin them sterotypes, revealing the conditioning they excercise onto us, by a sort of apologetic erasing based on deconstruction.When Lichtenstein enlarges comics, or objects, or even famous paintings from the past, and through mechanically handly reproduced topografic technique colours them with widened lines of basic nuances and primary red, yellow and blue, he brings us to a new reality. He enlarges to make us see, but as the colours widens their lines and dots, our eye, and then our mind is not anymore capable to reckon the object, once again,not anymore because we undervalue it, but because we are getting too deeper about it.In this thin balance between the trivial and the depth of thoughts about our society mechanism, stays the greatness of Pop Art, too often misconceived by many who state they like it, even. ------------- This was the last piece dedicated to The Art Movements. I thank the people in 2D Forum for challengin me in takin these tasks :) Hope you enjoyed. I enjoyed to create these 7 Sisters, quite unusual creations from me.

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RodolfoCiminelli

8:03PM | Sun, 30 March 2003

It is an excellent work Meli...!! he has a very beautiful graphic aspect...!! a very creative idea carried out in impeccable form..!!

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crrunchyfrog

8:26PM | Sun, 30 March 2003

Beautiful work Meli, you've really shined again. One question...is it a vibrating phone LOL hugs Love it!

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abmlober

5:14AM | Mon, 31 March 2003

I must say - an enjoyable result. And besides mirroring you broke the plain symmetry... very nice.

Odious

7:45AM | Mon, 31 March 2003

Your series has been a joy for me to watch... this piece screams POP!! the image in the bckgrnd of the phone is genious.. very well done :)

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humdinger

5:15PM | Mon, 31 March 2003

excellent

Pontigary

6:09PM | Mon, 31 March 2003

Wow! Is it You, Meli? Great designwork! Gabriele didn't mention it, but that work reminds me his fantastic designs a wee. Though very individual. The colors of course betray You :)

Tedz

6:45PM | Mon, 31 March 2003

Beautiful :)

ivorytalons

10:57PM | Mon, 31 March 2003

excellent concept... so true.

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Curious

7:00AM | Wed, 02 April 2003

u did a good job on them X)all the words "art are differnt colors except the 2 green in the middle, kinda gives it balance...if that makes sense lol

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jerr3d

8:53AM | Wed, 02 April 2003

Ahhh! You have used Photoshop, but you still manage to have the cut-out and pasted-up look of the 60's Pop Art. Well done!

Cibele

3:19AM | Thu, 10 April 2003

A me la Pop Art non MAI piaciuta, ma guardando questo potrei ricredermi.

LaureG

3:49AM | Fri, 11 April 2003

Carino, particolare e dimostra che in effetti sei versatile.

MadameCurie

2:55AM | Mon, 14 April 2003

You've a wit mind that I love my dearest.

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jddog

8:02AM | Mon, 14 April 2003

Idea originale, eccellente esecuzione ! Pop all'estremo, adoro questi come back artistici. In pil'anacronismo del telefonino in un arte come quella POP un brillante idea! L'unico commento (personale): la scrittura che hai impiegato trovo che nella sua deformazione (orizontale e verticale) abbia perso la vera caratteristica di font Pop art. Questo genere di deformazione delle tipografie possono causare una distorsione sia storica oltre che temporale che non lega con il pop art ma con il debutto (seguito del Pop art) del clipart e delle font btmp che allora non esistevano.

Atila-Han

1:22PM | Tue, 29 April 2003

Very interesting approach to the subject that become more and more popular that is actually more is reflection of alienation from the people around us than really need to met someone new... great work!

logiloglu

5:13PM | Mon, 30 August 2004

a wonderful pop art artwork. great style. excellent done,Meli. !!!!!!!! #:O) !!!!!!!!

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Ensomniac

10:31AM | Thu, 18 November 2004

I must find time. Time to read more of your work. You___are an artist.

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