http://superflygallery.com Student Run Pop Art Discussion and Pop Art Gallery Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:04:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en With the rising cost of beef and America's passion for red meat, Lichtenstein's "Meat", 1962, is a timeless classic. This is an example of pop art that still resonates today. http://superflygallery.com/roy-lichtensteins-meat-1962/ Claes Oldenburg was born January 28, 1929. He was born in Stockholm, Sweden and moved to the USA in his early childhood. Claes attended Yale and the University of Chicago. In 1960 he created a collection of works that helped establish his reputation. Claes uses ordinary objects to express ... http://superflygallery.com/claes-oldenburg-swedish-pop-artist/ The photograph above, found on dpchallenge.com, is of coffee, with a drop of milk landing on it's surface. Photography is a form of art and there are many different styles and techniques. This photo is really cool because it isn't something I would ever think to capture as a ... http://superflygallery.com/103/ A little after we created this site, we posted a blog about, Laura Sotka, an artist who's subject for painting, is dogs. Laura and her partner, Holly Klay, paint dogs of all breeds, such as Basset Hounds, Great Danes, Dalmations, and more. They do pop art, contemporary art, stained glass, ... http://superflygallery.com/dogs-in-pop-art/ Takashi Murakami works in both areas of areas of art such as digital and painting. Takashi uses icons from mass media and pop culture and changes them into his own sculptures. Some of these sculptures have even been up to 30 feet in height. He also specializes in Superflat paintings ... http://superflygallery.com/takashi-murakami-japanese-pop-art-sensation/ The painting above by Nikolai Bird, is of the Statue of Liberty. The statue stands, over 150 feet tall, on Liberty Island in the New York Harbour. The statue was designed by a man named Frédéric Bartholdi, as a gift to the United States. It was presented to the ... http://superflygallery.com/statue-of-liberty-pop-art/ Eduardo Arroyo was born in 1937 in Madrid, Spain. He first started his career with journalism and soon moved on to doing art. At the beginning of his vast art career, he parodied his old ruler, Franco and his dictatorship. He also "poked fun" at the Spanish popular culture. Eduardo ... http://superflygallery.com/eduardo-arroyo-pop-artist-from-spain/ This piece of art is amazing, even if it wasn't done on a canvas or collage. The way he used such limited tools to duplicate this masterpiece still amazes me. My friend showed me this video and before I saw it for myself, I thought it was a ... http://superflygallery.com/mona-lisa-by-leonardo-da-vinci-on-microsoft-paint/ The painting above, by Nikolai Bird, is of the legendary actress, Audrey Hepburn. Audrey won an Academy Award for Best Actress, for her role as Princess Ann in Roman Holiday. She is also well known for her role as Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany's. In this painting, I really like ... http://superflygallery.com/85/ Alex Katz is an American artist renown for his contribution to pop art. Alex Katz was born July 24 in Brooklyn, New York. From 1946-1950 he studied at The Cooper Union, New York and the Skowhegan School of Painting in Maine. Around 1955 Alex started to make collages. From 1974 ... http://superflygallery.com/alex-katz-american-pop-artist/