"Fruit pop art" in Baku
By Laman Ismayilova
Baku Art Villa gallery will host the exhibition "Fruit pop art" organized by the NGO Arts Council Azerbaijan on May 26.
"Fruit pop art" is a series of works reflecting a static realism in a pop-art, Trend life reports.
The solo exhibition of young national artist Yasemen Asad will begin at 19:00.
Yasemen takes her first steps as a professional artist in art studio of artist Abbas Culfali . Copying other artists' work, she has learned how to draw realistic landscapes and portraits.
Constantly experimenting with color and form, the artist sought new ways of self-expression. Gradually, the realism in her works gave way to more modern trends.
Pop art is an art movement that emerged in the mid-1950s in Britain, but became true art movement in New York City with artists like Andy Warhol and Jasper Johns.
It coincided with the globalization of pop music and youth culture, personified by Elvis and the Beatles. The visual art is characterized with different styles of painting and sculpture from various countries, but what they all had in common was an interest in mass-media, mass-production and mass-culture.
As an example, Peter Blake designed covers for Elvis Presley and the Beatles. Moreover, he starred actresses like Brigitte Bardot in his pictures.
The Independent group (IG), a collective of artists, architects, and writers who explored radical approaches to contemporary visual culture during their meetings in London became the forerunners to British Pop art.
Their group discussions centered on pop culture implications from elements such as mass advertising, movies, product design, comic strips, science fiction and technology.
American pop art was given its greatest impetus during the 1960s. Coupled with the contested war in Vietnam, the resulting art was more brutal and aggressive. Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns were representatives of American pop art.
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Laman Ismayilova is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @Lam_Ismayilova
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