A genre of art that uses elements of popular culture; often uses techniques from commercial art and advertising
Stuart Davis:
Stuart Davis made covers and drawings for the social realist periodical The Masses, and exhibited watercolors in the Armory Show. Used natural forms to rearrange them into flat poster-like patterns with precise outlines and sharply contrasting colors. Later in his work he started to use abstract patterns that reflected his love of jazz. He is known to be the most outstanding American artist to work in a Cubist idiom.
I like this painting from Davis, and I choose this because it really catches my eye. I love the cursive writing with the contrasting bold lettering. Also the color scheme works very well together.
Robert Indiana:
Robert Indiana was born in New Castle, Indiana in 1928. From the start of his career he worked with bold, contrasting, clashing, colors that mirror familiar signs on the highway. He is a moralist at heart and the American Dream has been a recurring theme in his own work, to celebrate and criticize the way of life.
I like this painting from Indiana, and I choose this because it has a way of drawing me in with the four peace signs. I like the contrast of colors and designs. The words are simple, but complex at the same time.
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