Objectives: Students will understand and apply the four methods of clay construction and will create a ceramic sculpture inspired by pop artist claes oldenburg.
POP ART!
Pop art is an art movement that emerged in the mid-1950s in Britain and in the late 1950s in the United States. Pop art presented a challenge to the traditions of fine art by including imagery from popular culture such as advertising, news, etc.
Pop art employs aspects of mass culture, such as advertising, comic books and mundane cultural objects. It employed images of popular culture (as opposed to elitist culture) in art, emphasizing the banal or kitschy elements of any given culture, most often through the use of irony. It is also associated with the artists' use of mechanical means of reproduction or rendering techniques.
Pop art employs aspects of mass culture, such as advertising, comic books and mundane cultural objects. It employed images of popular culture (as opposed to elitist culture) in art, emphasizing the banal or kitschy elements of any given culture, most often through the use of irony. It is also associated with the artists' use of mechanical means of reproduction or rendering techniques.
claes oldenburg
Claes Oldenburg (born Jan 28, 1929) is an American sculptor, best known for his pop art installations typically featuring very large replicas of everyday objects.
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your assignment: create a pop art sculpture out of clay inspired by claes oldenburg.
four methods of clay construction:
manipulation
To move, arrange, operate, or control by the hands or by mechanical means, especially in a skillful manner.
Examples: Potter's wheel, pinch pots subtractive
To take away, method of deducting
Example: carving |
additive
A substance added in small amounts to something else to improve, strengthen, or otherwise alter.
Examples: slab construction, coil construction. substitution
The act of putting one thing in place of another.
Example: mold making and casting |
Practice using each of the above methods.
