quarta-feira, 5 de junho de 2013

Pop "Meme" Art

   Hello followers, namely Mrs. Helena Rodeiro. Unfortunately this might be my last post and for that I will show you my full potential as an artist critic!

   Did you ever looked at Nyan Cat and think, “Man, this would make for an awesome painting hanging on my wall.” Some people have, and now thanks to California-based Gallery 1988, internet memes are getting the pop art treatment.


   
   The art gallery features work from various artists who are selling paintings and framed prints all inspired by popular internet memes. Everything from “First World Problems” (above) to “Hipster Ariel,” a take on trendy Disney princesses, have gotten an artistic pop-art makeover, turning memes into collector’s items. Check out a few of the art pieces available for sale on their website.

   "First World Problems", made by Aled Lewis. With Lichtenstein style crying woman inspired by the ‘First World Problems‘ meme (explained here). 420 x 594 mm (16.5 x 23.4 in) 4 colour screen print on Sirio 350gsm. It portraits a blond women crying with a speech balloon saying: "MY SANDWICH IS TOO FULL --AND NOW IT'S HARD TO EAT". The colors (yellow, red, blue) are Bold N' Vivid. The Ben-Day dots (the hallmark of Lichtenstein) are obvious.

   This example, once again, reflect the quick recognition art that pop artists tried to convey. It can be drawn a clear line between the old "fine art" with the "commercial art". Compared to the "fine art", this is easy to do, you just need ideas, accessible to everyone, heedlessly to his/hers social situation. For the first time, art it's not UNIQUE. For example, at the moment you can buy two "First World Problems" paintings, meaning, that there isn't only one example of this art, there are two available to be bought, two people can have the same art in the pleasure of their homes. The concept of art, forever, has been revolutionized. 

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