POP ART
PAPER PIZZA PILLOWS
(Claus Oldenburg Style)
SUPPLES
- White paper
- Brown craft paper
- pencil
- staplers (as many as you can borrow from teachers)
- staples
- scissors
- ruler
- blank newspaper from the roll
- Crayola Marker packs
- large paintbrushes
- red paint
- paper plates
- Elmers glue
- shredded cheese (yellow shredded paper)
- pizza toppings (construction paper strips)
Begin the class by briefly explaining the pop history below & show this video while you are talking to show some famous pop art works. (There is no sound on this video)
POP ART HISTORY
Pop art is an art movement that emerged in the 1950s. It came as a reaction to the more serious looking art that came before it in the 1930s and 40s. Pop art is meant to be fun, bright, and attention getting. It uses images and icons that are common place or popular....Hence the name Pop Art. Well-known celebrities & movie stars are shown in pop art and also commercial items like soup cans, and soft drinks, comic books, and any other items that are popular in the world can be considered pop art.
One artist in the pop art movement named Claes Oldenburg (pronounced like Cloud but take off the D at the end and add an S) became best known for his work of giant sculptures of everyday objects. Let's watch this short video to see some of them.
https://youtu.be/WOCrUwLgglE?si=ury3r012OWxtvUzm
Today we are going to create our own giant sculptures of the most popular food item in America...PIZZA!!!!!
