POP ART! OP ART! FREE ART!
This is a forum for the discussion and promotion of (Neo) Pop Art and Op Art! We are all about breaking down the artistic barriers of intellectual property to make art that can freely comment upon our popular culture and media-driven society! We seek to make cutting-edge art that will make you think, wonder, and act! Artists, art supporters, free speech advocates, filmmakers, photographers, and anyone interested in the future of art and culture is welcome to join our Artistic Movement! ART FOR THE MIND, THE EYE, AND THE FUTURE!
POP ART is a style of art which explores the everyday imagery that is so much a part of contemporary consumer culture in America and the World, in general. Common sources of imagery include corporate advertisements, consumer product packaging, celebrity photographs, Hollywood films, television shows, and comic books and strips. Pop Art seeks to comment upon our media culture and break down the notion of "intellectual property". The noted American artist, Andy Warhol, popularized this art movement/approach in the 1960s.
OP ART, or Optical Art, is a mathematically-themed form of Abstract art, which uses repetition of simple forms and colors to create vibrating effects, moiré patterns, foreground-background confusion, an exaggerated sense of depth, and other visual effects. In a sense, all painting is based on tricks of visual perception: manipulating rules of perspective to give the illusion of three-dimensional space, mixing colors to create the impression of light and shadow, and so on. With Optical Art, the rules that the viewer's eye uses to try to make sense of a visual image are themselves the "subject" of the artwork. In the mid-20th century, artists such as Victor Vasarely, Josef Albers and M.C. Escher experimented with Optical Art. Escher's work, although not abstract, deals extensively with various forms of visual tricks and paradoxes. In the 1960's, the term "Op Art" was coined to describe the work of a growing group of abstract painters. This movement was led by Vasarely and Bridget Riley. Other Op Artists included Richard Anuszkiewicz, François Morellet, Jesús-Rafael Soto, Kenneth Noland and Lawrence Poons.
Share your visions! Comment on your world! Break down the corporate barriers to free expression! Make art that MEANS SOMETHING!
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