Research

Cubism

Cubism is objects that are broken up and assembled in abstract form to create an image which has a multitude of point of views. Cubism is a form of abstract art and is very hard to understand as it broken up to make an image which is not recognisable, but there are image which use cubism style whilst the image I more recognisable than others. Majority of the cubism pieces use very bright colours whilst some of Picasso’s pieces use dark colours.

Pablo Picasso

Picasso is a Spanish painter who is one of the most influential artists of the 20^th century and is widely famous for his cubist paintings.

Picasso Portrait of Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler 1910

This piece is a prime example of how cubism really breaks up an image of a face and assembles it as a non-recognisable image. There are a lot of shapes and lines which are bundled together make a face but if it wasn’t known as a face, I feel that the viewer would see it as a face. Although this is a very complex piece, you can see what looks like the nose and the eyes and hands at the bottom of the piece. This is a bizarre way the display a portrait because of the shapes and lines. Also the colours are very dark and don’t have the realistic shades for skin. The colours a complex as the colours are very different and to recreate the colours, it would be hard to do, compared to simple flat colours. This piece is unlike other cubism pieces because of the dark colours used. I like this piece because it is full of shapes and chaos and makes great use of space in the piece to create confusion in the piece.     

Invader is a French urban artist who creates art work in his own art movement, rubikcubism. He has taken influence from the art movement cubism and updates artistic techniques made famous by Picasso and has made it modern by using Rubik cubes; he also creates pieces using mosaics and makes pieces of invaders from the classic pixel game, which he creates piece around streets.  

Pop art

Pop art is a movement which is popular culture and some of the work looks like comic books. Which is relevant to the time because when pop art was around, comic book were a big thing which would have influenced the work.  

Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol is one on the most famous artists in the world and is mostly known for his work in pop art.

The tomato soup piece has become iconic in pop art. It is instantly related to pop art. Its lines and colours are simple and not over complex which makes it easier on the eye for the veiwer and it is lines and colours are very much like the comic books at the time. Its a very simple piece but incredibly recognisable which makes the pop art movement famous.

Paul McCue

  Paul McCue has taken influence from Andy Warhole and has created pieces which use Darth Vader and other star wars characters. His creations are a mix of pop art with its layout and colours and steampunk as it looks like metalalic.

http://hiconsumption.com/2012/08/andy-warhol-inspired-star-wars-darth-vader-pop-art/