Where did Pop Art come from?

Listen to the whole recording. What is it about?Écoute tout l'enregistrement. De quoi parle-t-il ?

The recording explains
For Pop artists, art should be

The facts: listen again and choose.Les faits : écoute encore et choisis.

Where did Pop Art begin?
What did the artists of the Independent Group want to escape?
Which artists made Pop Art popular in America?
Where does the word Pop come from?
What does Pop Art use as symbols of art?
Why does Pop Art use photography and silk-screen painting?
What is the consequence of these techniques?
Which object is given as an example of Pop design?
What was the situation after the Second World War?
What did Pop Art recognize in the sixties?

Reading between the lines: what can you understand, even if it is not said?Lire entre les lignes : que peut-on comprendre, même si ce n'est pas dit ?

« Pop Art takes art down from its pedestal. » Before Pop Art, art was seen as
Pop Art became so popular in America because
If the work is no longer unique,

Next: the text →

Listen and drag the missing words into the text.Écoute et fais glisser les mots manquants dans le texte.

Pop Art began in England with the Independent Group, a group of several kinds of artists who wanted to escape like art or and to bring modern technology into art. In America, Pop Art became popular in the sixties with , and . Pop Art brought everyday objects into art and recognized the power of images. The word « Pop » comes from « popular » and uses as symbols of art, which should be easy to understand, like advertising for a child. Pop Art takes art down and shows it as something cheap and common, like . This is why industrial processes like photography and are used. As a result, the is absent and the work is no longer unique. This approach was used in other fields like architecture and , of which the Sacco armchair (1968) is an example. After the Second World War, the political balance of the world changed. Europe was poor and exhausted and needed reconstruction. On the other hand, the USA was rich and its industries were powerful. An era of and began, and in the sixties Pop Art recognized this.

Next: your turn →

Your turn (on a sheet of paper).À toi (sur une feuille).

On a sheet of paper, choose an everyday object (a bottle of shampoo, a phone, a pair of trainers, a packet of crisps…) and imagine a Pop Art work about it.

Describe it: the object, the colours, the technique (photography, silk-screen painting…), how many copies, where you would display it, and its message.

If you like, draw it too, then present it to the class!

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