POPart!

to my fellow witches and wizards,

we have arrived at the long awaited pop art chapter. i can honestly say that this was the most enjoyable chapter for me so far, oh yes. anywhoo, lets get down to business. before i post my questions, i want to provide some random sidenotes that will help you with the reading.

-be able to compare and contrast modernism and post-modernism. where do they overlap and where do they emerge as diverge?
-be familiar with terms like consumer capitalism, situationalist international, and the takeover of minimalism and pop art and the slow falling out of abstract expressionism.

ok, so here are questions that i found most interesting to discuss:

1.) After reading the chapter on the political stance of art with situationalists (1957A), do you agree with the concept of capital realism? Do we really need eachother and our environment to progress our art, or is art a separate working entity, and should be untouched or undisturbed by outside factors?

2.) A common theme that POPPED up a lot (muahah) was painting. I noticed a trend after Frank Stella said, "There are two problems in painting, one is to find out what painting is and the other is to find out how to make a painting." Then in the John Cage reading, it was said that "Painting relates to both art and life. Neither can be made." Towards the end of the reading, it was said that "If you do not change your mind about something when you confront a picture you have not seen before, you are either a stubborn fool or the painting is not very good." With all these references to painting, use any of these quotes or your personal experience with painting to provide your own definition of painting.

3.) BONUSSS!! I had to. OK, After reading up on Andy Warhol, has your opinion changed about his execution, style, and overall persona, or do you see him in a different light after the disillusionment of the hype and notority wore off? Do you see his art more as entertaining and playful or how he wanted it to be perceived, where he said "The more you look at the same exact thing, the more the meaning goes away, and the better and emptier you feel."

OK, i'm off to potions class, i mean artmaking. then quidditch practice till 6.

SHOUTOUT to mich-mich and tiffer biffer. <33
and dont forget, professor shafier is the greatest wizard alive!!