Posts Tagged ‘Claes Oldenburg’
Kate Talbot
Kate Talbot has taken the pop art aesthetic of popular consumerism and reinvigorated it using textile techniques such as Appliqué and Stitch. She is a welcome addition to the growing list of artists for our Food and Drink/Supersized project such as Claes Oldenburg, Ralph Goings, Andy Warhol and Martin Parr.
Food and Drink Project
Pupil Example: Shannon 2010
Yr 10 BTEC Brief: Supersized
This is your Yr 10 BTEC Art and Design brief entitled Supersized. You can assess your progress whilst researching a variety of Food and Drink and responding to the work of Claes Oldenburg and Ralph Goings.
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
Soft Sculpture – Objects from the home
Soft sculptures are made by using fabric to construct 3-dimensional objects. Claes Oldenburg was one of the first artists to use fabric as a sculptural material in the 1960’s. Margarita Cabrera is a contemporary artist who works with soft sculpture taking everyday objects and recreating them using fabric.
Here are some pupil examples of soft sculpture using objects from the home as inspiration…
Pupil example: Bobby 2009
Pupil example: Lauren 2009
