Pop Art

What is Pop Art?
Pop Art is taking normal, everyday objects or shapes and making them into a piece of art that can either be very busy, or very simple. Using all the objects, it can look abstract at times with everything that is going on.

Stuart Davis Biography
After growing up in an artistic family, Davis at first worked for the art magazine The Masses. After visiting Paris in 1928, he introduced a new style of art to the USA, Cubism. Later in his career, he moved on to purely abstract patterns. Through his work, he was able to create a distinct American style of art, claiming he painted the “American Scene”.

Robert Indiana Biography
Robert Indiana was famous for his paintings of signs, which he was able to make into pop art. One theme that repeats itself often in Indiana’s work is the American dream, with which he has both praised and criticized the American way of life. In other works, he uses large block letters in words such as “Love” to change the perspective of viewers.

The Mellow Pad, Stuart Davis









I chose this painting because even though there are many objects, it still does not seem hectic. It does not look like there is too much going on. There is a perfect balance between being busy and going overboard with objects. In this work, Davis has found that balance

2000, Robert Indiana









I chose this work of Robert Indiana’s because of the simplicity of it. It uses minimal objects and colors, but still does not look boring. I feel that the simplicity of the numbers and colors in the painting works very well.