Pop Art Design

 
Carlton designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1981 for Memphis Milano.


Pop Art is commonly known as the most significant artistic movement since 1945. focusing on Celebrities and media reproduction, Pop Art continues to mould our cultural, art and self-understanding to the current day. 
A major part of Pop Art was understanding between artist and craftsmen , witch is now being described as 'Pop Art Design' founded in the Virta Design Museum as the first exhibition on this movement of design. Artist like Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenburg and  Roy Lichenstein are switched with designer objects by Charles Eames, George Nelson and Ettore Sottsass, This exhibition features multimedia exhibits; album covers, magazines, films and photo of contemporary interiors, After 50 years of Pop Art in New York's Museum of Modern Art came this exhibition of Pop Design thus creating a new recognised movement/era  in design .



Tahiti lamp by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano, 1981.

Nelson's marshmallow sofa 1956




Ettore Sottsass | designhistorykingscliff. 2013. Ettore Sottsass | designhistorykingscliff. [ONLINE] Available at:http://designhistorykingscliff.wordpress.com/2012/06/12/1950/. [Accessed 16 May 2013].
Nelson Marshmallow Sofa - Lounge Seating - Herman Miller. 2013. Nelson Marshmallow Sofa - Lounge Seating - Herman Miller. [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.hermanmiller.com/content/hermanmiller/english/products/categories/seating/lounge-seating/nelson-marshmallow-sofa.html. [Accessed 16 May 2013].



Pop Art Design - Vitra Design Museum. 2013. Pop Art Design - Vitra Design Museum. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.design-museum.de/en/exhibitions/detailseiten/pop-art-design.html. [Accessed 16 May 2013].

Contemporary Artist Yayoi Kusama

Yayaoi Kusama Born in Japan in 1929, she studied Nihonga painting in Kyoto in 1948. 

Polka dot Princess 

Know for her outrageous patterns of nets and polka dot not to mention her out of this world large-scale environments, Yoyoi Kusama works in many different media; painting, drawing, sculptures, film, installations and performing. 

Kusama went to the United States in 1957 at the age of 28  where her art boomed in New York City , After creating a fan base from her bizarre exhibitions and art 'happenings' she left the USA back to her roots to become Japan's most prominent contemporary artist.

  

Kusama inspirational patterns quickly caught the eye of a French luxury brand Louis Vuitton, they now work together creating Bags to shoes and coats. 

Photo/Yayoi Kusama Studio Inc 1967 Horse Play in Woodstock , New York city 

Kusama poses with a horse together with her signature splash of polka dots, the contrast from the monochrome (even between her and the hours) colours give it this fresh vibe very 60's  and whimsical. 

Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929), Self-Obliteration (Net Obsession Series), c. 1966. Photocollage on paper, 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm). Collection of the artist. © Yayoi Kusama. Image courtesy Yayoi Kusama Studio Inc.; Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo; Victoria Miro Gallery, London. Photograph by Hal Reiff. © Hal Reiff

In this Photo montage we see repetitive shapes interesting tones focus on the subject, My thoughts on this collage was instinctively associated with 'The Kiss' by Gustav Klimt , from the focus of the subject to the background of pattern.  

Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929), Accumulation, c. 1963. Sewn and stuffed fabric, wood chair frame, paint, 35 1/2 × 38 1/2 × 35 in. (90.2 × 97.8 × 88.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase 2001.342. © Yayoi Kusama. Photograph by Tom Powel

This structure chair is very interesting dose not have function but I fell that Kusama just wanted to create art without function, it has a cold hard feeling even though the material is soft, when I first look at this installation I thought of stalagmites jotting out of the chair as if coral was growing upon it.

Yayoi Kusama – Polka Dots Madness 6 Installation 

The obvious repetition is in the polka dots gives a very cool fresh vibe. 

The contrast in this installation would be the vertical and horizontal lines against the bulbous structures within the room and the shadow they produce against the walls and flooring. 

Whitney Museum of American Art: Yayoi Kusama. 2013. Whitney Museum of American Art: Yayoi Kusama. [ONLINE] Available at:http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/YayoiKusama. [Accessed 16 May 2013].

Yayoi Kusama - Polka Dots Madness 6 - ARTBoom. 2013. Yayoi Kusama - Polka Dots Madness 6 - ARTBoom. [ONLINE] Available at:http://artboom.info/sculpting/yayoi-kusama-polka-dots-madness.html/attachment/yayoi-kusama-polka-dots-madness-6. [Accessed 16 May 2013].

Yayoi Kusama for Louis Vuitton | Trendland: Fashion Blog & Trend Magazine. 2013. Yayoi Kusama for Louis Vuitton | Trendland: Fashion Blog & Trend Magazine. [ONLINE] Available at: http://trendland.com/yayoi-kusama-for-louis-vuitton/. [Accessed 16 May 2013].

Ancient Egyptian art

Egyptian art consistes of: Painting,Sculpture,Architecture and crafts produced by the civilization from the lower Nile Valley 500BCE - 300AD. 

This period produced high quality painting and sculpture it was very stylized and feathered a lot of symbolic meaning.Most of the remaining art from this period are those recovered from tombs and monuments and from these areas there is an emphasis on life and life after death and the history of the past 

Offerings to Pharaoh Ramesses III and Isis. By Salvador Cherubini 1832-1844

In Egyptian folk art we often see symbols of eyes this is symbolic of the gods watching over the Pharaohs. Over the last 3000 years the egyptian art has stayed stable and has little to non influence from the outside. The level of observational quality was hight and remained at that level throughout the movement 

Art of ancient Egypt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 2013. Art of ancient Egypt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. [ONLINE] Available at:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_of_ancient_Egypt. [Accessed 14 May 2013]

 The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Egyptian Art . 2013. The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Egyptian Art . [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/museum-departments/curatorial-departments/egyptian-art. [Accessed 14 May 2013].

Egyptian Secrets - an alternative science of Egyptology. 2013. Egyptian Secrets - an alternative science of Egyptology. [ONLINE] Available at:http://ascendingpassage.com/. [Accessed 14 May 2013].

The Arts and Crafts Movement

"Artichoke" wallpaper, by John Henry Dearle for William Morris & Co., circa1897 (Victoria and Albert Museum)

The Arts and Crafts moment one very influential movement, A extremely thought through and wide rang movement for the modern times, it started in England and spread around Europe and America and finalizing in Japan as the Mingei (folk Craft) moment

it stepped out of the limitations and effects of industrialisation alike design, lives of common people and traditional skill, in stead it created its own set of principles , It was the voice for the reform of art in any way and touching all kinds of people , making every home a work of art 

The name was taken from the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society 1887 , its created a group of like-minded societies and manufacturers, other countries used aspects of arts and crafts to there own liking, even though the work may seem different it stand a united front with the ideals that lie within        the work 

A movement unlike any before, being an innovative movement and voice for creating the new it changed  the quality of materials and workmanship  and the life  people led  , doing so it shaped the world we live today 

 

William Morris design for "Trellis" wallpaper, 1862

INFO :The Arts & Crafts Movement - Victoria and Albert Museum. 2013. The Arts & Crafts Movement - Victoria and Albert Museum. [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/t/the-arts-and-crafts-movement/. [Accessed 13 May 2013].

PICTURES:Arts and Crafts movement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 2013. Arts and Crafts movement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. [ONLINE] Available at:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arts_and_Crafts_movement. [Accessed 13 May 2013].

Art Deco + Graphic design

The term is derived form the "exposition international des Arts decoratifs et industrial modernes" held in Paris in 1925. At start of the 1920s the outburst of depression-ridden, 1930s affecting all media of design form fine art to interior ,fashion, media and product design. Art Deco started the crazes of sunbursts,lightening bolts, airbrushed ray bands,motion lines and Egyptian zigzags. 



 flapper dress by coco channel,
The flapper was a young woman who dressed procreativity for the times, smoked cigarettes and danced to jazz music. 
the flapper dress was influenced by coco chanel a fashion design that embodies the modern strong woman she designs 'stream line' clothing that is fashionable and easy to wear.



 Wilton royal rug Marion Dorn (great Britain), 
The design within the rug used both geometric shapes and also parallel lines to really bring out the Art Deco style. the Art Deco style is all about luxury, speed, ,consumerism and glamour.

Poster a.m Cassandre ( France 1925)

 Cassandre simplified his designs by use of geometric shapes and  clean silhouettes.

 Hand-coloured pochoir stencil by Georges Lepape, from 'Les Choses de Paul Poiret', France, about 1911. Museum no. CIRC.262-1976. © Victoria & Albert Museum, London

This modern painting is influenced from Art Deco,  we see geometric shapes and simple lines and solid colours. 

info :Graphic Design History | Art Deco. 2013. Graphic Design History | Art Deco. [ONLINE] Available at:http://gds.parkland.edu/gds/!lectures/history/1925/artdeco.html. [Accessed 07 May 2013].

Art Deco - Victoria and Albert Museum. 2013. Art Deco - Victoria and Albert Museum. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.vam.ac.uk/page/a/art-deco/. [Accessed 07 May 2013].

images:Little Black Dress « Harry Ritchie's Jewelers Blog . 2013. Little Black Dress « Harry Ritchie's Jewelers Blog . [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.harryritchies.com/blog/little-black-dress. [Accessed 08 May 2013].



images:Jessica Light: ART DECO ON THE TUBE. 2013. Jessica Light: ART DECO ON THE TUBE. [ONLINE] Available at:http://jessicalight.blogspot.com/2011/02/art-deco-on-tube.html. [Accessed 08 May 2013].

Dada

Hannah Höch, Cut with the Dada Kitchen Knife through the Last Weimar Beer-Belly Cultural Epoch in Germany, 1919, collage of pasted papers, 90x144 cm, Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin             

Dada was officially not a movement but a statement it was art for art’s sake.                                                                                                                   Dada was a artistic and literary movement that started in Europe during the time of World War 1, during which artists writers and notable French and German nationality found themselves congregating in the refuge Zurich, together these rejects formed a group using public spaces to talk about nationalism, rationalism, materialism and other -ism which they had felt contributed to this war, the Dadaists had enough, they said we, who are non-artists, will create non-art since art and everything else has no meaning . The non-artists agreed on the name ‘Dada’ some say means “hobby horse” in French and others felt that it’s just baby talk,mainly chosen this catch phrase since to them it meant the least of sense.

The non-artists used an early form of shock art they used scatological humor, visual puns and everyday objects some even manipulating famous art works, as the public saw their work and commented on them the Dadaists were further encouraged, as this movement spread form Zurich to other parts of Europe and New York City

Interestingly the art of protesting which is a serious matter was perceived delightful, whimsical, colorful and sarcastic.

If one didn’t know about the pain and message these men where portraying, it would be fun to see what these gentlemen were ‘on’ when creating these pieces.

Raoul Hausmann ABCD (Self-portrait) A photomontage from 1923-24


Info : Dada - Art History Basics on the Dada Movement - 1916-1923. 2013. Dada - Art History Basics on the Dada Movement - 1916-1923. [ONLINE] Available at: http://arthistory.about.com/cs/arthistory10one/a/dada.htm. [Accessed 07 May 2013].

Images : Dada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 2013. Dada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. [ONLINE] Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dada. [Accessed 07 May 2013].

Tiers of Truths Exhibition Sliema

The Girl In The Red Coat
Rupert Cefai
mixed media on canvas
90cmx90cm

We see colour ,tone and shape
I like this painting, overall it looks blurry and washed away but by doing that the artist made focus on the main subject 'the girl in the red coat', I like the cloudy image I think it is a very cool modern paining.



The Little Rascals
Rupert Cefai
Mixed Media
90x90cm

We see colour,shape and  repetition.
I like this painting, the repetition is in the background looks like a zebra crossing, the patchy painting gives a interesting effect and the focus is on the main subjects the 3 boys.



Ridi Pagliaccio

Rupert Cefai
Mixed Media
90x90cm

We see line, colour and shape.
Not my favourite of painting by this artist it feel cold, sad and gloomy.





Alice ?


Rupert Cefai
Mixed Media
90x90cm

We see curved lines, colour and shape
I do like this painting but it still gives of a sad vibe, the girl seems lost and the other rabbit characters seem to be all over the place very busy.

I am interested to try this washed painting technique myself.