American Pop Artists with Richard Voigt
This course follows on Richard Voigt’s American Realist Painters and his American Modernist Painters courses. Pop Art challenged the distinction between fine art and commercial art – indeed, challenged the distinction between art and non-art. Pop Art broke through the theoretical constraints of Abstract Expressionism and embraced America’s popular mass culture. It blew up existing ideas of art’s subject matter and aesthetics. We view art by Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenquist, Robert Indiana, Jasper Johns and Claes Oldenburg; also, lesser-known Pop artists Rosalyn Drexler, Idelle Weber, Marjorie Strider, and Robert Dowd. Explore the “WOW!" and the “POP!” in Pop Art. Learn why Pop Art influences today’s American culture.
Thursdays, March 9, 16, 23, 30 | 2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | KF Room/ Harrison Libraries | $80
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Faculty and staff are eligible to take one Presidents' College lecture for free every semester or to receive a one-session discount ($20) for a longer course. Contact Louise Melanson at melanson@hartford.edu or 860.768.4495.