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** Year 10 2d Art Assignment - Television Art Critic of Pop Art Report: **
====//“Good Evening Ladies and Gents, Anne Thomson reporting live from the Fountain Park Pop Art Gallery, Paris as we’re here to celebrate 60 years of Pop Art. The painting has two sides to the theme as it could be the women or the man who is fed up. I like this painting because it doesn’t have one interruption. This is Anne Thomson signing off from the Fountain Park Pop Art Gallery, Paris and back to the news desk, Michael.” //==== ==== Click here to read a more detailed report – This visual art movement emerged in the 1950s. This style depicts objects or scenes from everyday life. In the 1960s, this form of art became very popular in the United States. The characterized by themes and techniques such as television, movies, advertising and comic books. A common theme was food and household objects, which were either drawn or sculpture. Pop artists like to ridicule objects by enlarging those objects to gigantic proportions. The artists use clear lines, sharp paintwork and clear objects along with bright colours show the movement of this form of art. The prominent artists of Pop Art are Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein and Tom Wesselmann. Pop artists are influenced by commercial packaging, comic books, billboards, media hype, and convenience products. ==== ====  Today, Pop art is commonly used in comic strips and books. The famous Pop artist featured in the National Pop Art Gallery is Roy Lichtenstein and one of his famous paintings, “Forget it! Forget Me!” It was painted in 1962, the theme of the painting is about a man who tells a woman to forget it and forget him, as he is fed up with her and women in general. The medium Roy Lichtenstein used was oil and magna. The pop art characteristics in Roy Lichtenstein painting that were used are clear lines which appeared in the figures and their clothes. It is effective because it doesn’t show a lot of detail which doesn’t distract viewers from the theme. It also shows sharp paintwork and bright colors. ====

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