"Whaam!" by Roy Lichtenstein
"Pop Art looks out into the world. It doesn't look like a painting of something, it looks like the thing itself" -Roy Lichtenstein
Modernism based art movements are giving people the sense that it is possible to go and look from beyond. With respect to that, modern art is an understanding of art which is misleading because of people in terms of different kinds of factors. From their techniques to perspectives,, therefore, modern art is having its own place inside arts in general. Pop art is one of the kinds which is located inside modern arts. Roy Lichtenstein ( October 27, 1923- September 29, 1997, / from Manhattan, New York), which was one of the main names under the Pop Art movement and an American artist, gave another perspective to the Pop Art movement in many ways. He is known for using popular commercials (Like how Andy Warhol did) and comic books on his artworks. In that sense, the use of comic book technique on his artworks made a bond between the comic book technique and Lichtenstein. With a right correlation, Lichtenstein denies the saying of "Pop Art is an American movement" and corrects as "Pop Art is an industrial movement".
Whaam! (1963) is one of the most popular artworks of Roy Lichtenstein, coming right after his artwork Drowning Girl. As made by acrylic, oil, and Magna, Whaam! got a tremendous attention from the public. It contains the comic book technique as only one scene and gets the idea from the World War 2. The reason that the artwork got a huge amount of dislikes relies on the fact that people believed that it has to be formal in terms of serious issues. Therefore, they were believing that comic book is actually something immature to emphasize serious issues about human life. In that case, I disagree. After the World War 2, the art world got a huge effect which was coming from the war. From commercial types to Pop Art, it became more visual to see the effects. Even comic books started to be about the military, in that sense, it is possible to give an example that Blackhawk (from DC Comics) was having a major role on this as a breaker.
Lichtenstein believed that using popularity in favor of giving a message throughout his artworks derives a huge importance in itself. With the rise of globalization and, therefore, the popular culture, comic books and commercials were playing an essential role to get the public's attention. I believe that it is a very strategic move to give the idea of the war and its results, because, even Whaam! contains a colorful scene on itself, the first expression of that artwork is not that positive because of the major message which Lichtenstein wanted to give.
According to my perspective, the main reason why Lichtenstein used vivid colors in his artwork, is to give the idea that the reality inside war and how war contains seriousness. Vivid colors are the colors also get the attention more with a comparison to soft colors. It is possible to see the fires in the artwork during the first approach to Whaam!. The reason is on colours. On the color spectrum, red can have different meanings which have something in common: density. This brings the idea that Lichtenstein wanted to take all the attention to the explosion of the jet, in the first place.
Whaam! (1963)
Scale: 1,7 m x 4m
Exhibition: Tate Modern
Ingredients: Acrylic painting, oil painting, Magna.
Modernism based art movements are giving people the sense that it is possible to go and look from beyond. With respect to that, modern art is an understanding of art which is misleading because of people in terms of different kinds of factors. From their techniques to perspectives,, therefore, modern art is having its own place inside arts in general. Pop art is one of the kinds which is located inside modern arts. Roy Lichtenstein ( October 27, 1923- September 29, 1997, / from Manhattan, New York), which was one of the main names under the Pop Art movement and an American artist, gave another perspective to the Pop Art movement in many ways. He is known for using popular commercials (Like how Andy Warhol did) and comic books on his artworks. In that sense, the use of comic book technique on his artworks made a bond between the comic book technique and Lichtenstein. With a right correlation, Lichtenstein denies the saying of "Pop Art is an American movement" and corrects as "Pop Art is an industrial movement".
Whaam! (1963) is one of the most popular artworks of Roy Lichtenstein, coming right after his artwork Drowning Girl. As made by acrylic, oil, and Magna, Whaam! got a tremendous attention from the public. It contains the comic book technique as only one scene and gets the idea from the World War 2. The reason that the artwork got a huge amount of dislikes relies on the fact that people believed that it has to be formal in terms of serious issues. Therefore, they were believing that comic book is actually something immature to emphasize serious issues about human life. In that case, I disagree. After the World War 2, the art world got a huge effect which was coming from the war. From commercial types to Pop Art, it became more visual to see the effects. Even comic books started to be about the military, in that sense, it is possible to give an example that Blackhawk (from DC Comics) was having a major role on this as a breaker.
Lichtenstein believed that using popularity in favor of giving a message throughout his artworks derives a huge importance in itself. With the rise of globalization and, therefore, the popular culture, comic books and commercials were playing an essential role to get the public's attention. I believe that it is a very strategic move to give the idea of the war and its results, because, even Whaam! contains a colorful scene on itself, the first expression of that artwork is not that positive because of the major message which Lichtenstein wanted to give.
According to my perspective, the main reason why Lichtenstein used vivid colors in his artwork, is to give the idea that the reality inside war and how war contains seriousness. Vivid colors are the colors also get the attention more with a comparison to soft colors. It is possible to see the fires in the artwork during the first approach to Whaam!. The reason is on colours. On the color spectrum, red can have different meanings which have something in common: density. This brings the idea that Lichtenstein wanted to take all the attention to the explosion of the jet, in the first place.
Whaam! (1963)
Scale: 1,7 m x 4m
Exhibition: Tate Modern
Ingredients: Acrylic painting, oil painting, Magna.
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