» Claes Oldenburg

Dave White

Mr. Sands — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 17:12:53 +0000

Dave White has been referred to as the UK’s answer to Andy Warhol and with modernist themes; such as star wars, and super heroes and villains to Roy Lichtenstein inspired vintage military painting, delicious food and drink paintings that would make Claes Oldenburg hungry and commissions for Nike and Coca Cola its easy to see why? Dave White‘s work oozes from the canvas, part action painting, part explosion, part abstract expressionism minus the abstraction. He is creativity cataloguing childhood dreams and young adolescent desires through a retro yet contemporary visual language.

Wayne Thiebaud

Mr. Sands — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:50:45 +0000

Wayne Thiebaud is affliated to the Pop movement as his work is inspired by popular cuisine such as cakes, pasties and sweets found in Canteens or Diners. These compositions follow the Pop Art aesthetic of using bright colours and are applied in a thick pallette as if icing a cake. Wayne Thiebaud is one of the featured artists in the Food and Drink Project.

Food and Drink Project

Claes Oldenburg

Mr. Sands — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:02:25 +0000

Examples of Food and Drink inspired sculptures by Claes Oldenburg.

Food and Drink Project

Pupil Example: Nora 2006

Pupil Example: Deirdre 2008

Pupil Example: Liam 2009

Pupil Example: Hayley 2009

Kate Talbot

Mr. Sands — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:37:25 +0000

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

Pupil Example: Zarmena 2010

Level 2 BTEC Brief: Supersized/Food and Drink

Mr. Sands — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:36:49 +0000

This is your Level 2 BTEC Art and Design brief entitled Supersized or Food & Drink. 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

Mr. Sands — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:21:26 +0000

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:

More images are available from Departmentart Flickr page .

Food and Drink Project

Pupil Example: Sifa 2007

Artist Examplars: Pepsi, Absolut, Del Monte, Ballantine Ale, Heinz, Spam and Brillo

Soft Sculpture – Objects from the home

Miss. OConnor — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:11:44 +0000

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

Pupil example: Ashleigh 2009

Pupil example: Nick 2009

Pupil example: Scott 2009