Archive for October, 2009
See you soon ….
Since we started this blog in October … we’ve had nearly 4000 hits and some fantastic comments!
So we’re taking the week off for half term and having a well deserved rest!
We’ll be back in November with:
Pupil Blogs: Barbara Kruger, David Hockney, Henri Matisse …
Blogs and Examplars: Blek Le Rat, Adam Neate, D*face, Rene Magritte, Benjamin Edwards, Thomas Eggerer, Wassily Kandinsky, Salvador Dali, Francis Bacon, Claire Lanes and many more ….
Consumerism in Art
Since the Pop Art movement consumerism and branded products have been investigated and influenced the work of artists. Company’s such as Absolut and Becks have recruited popular artists to promote and temporary rebrand their products with their own brand of art to increase sales.
Coca Cola Examples:
Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.
Food and Drink Project
Pupil Example: Sifa 2007
Robert Indiana
Robert Indiana is a Pop Artist famous for his use of typography, font, number and colour. His most iconic work is entitled ‘Love’ which has been investigated in two and three dimensions.

Pupil Example: Nicci 2009
Stitched Portraits
Stitched portrait key artists:

Pupil Example: Kat 2009

Satoru Aoyama

Pupil Example: Bobby 2009


