Mollee J. Daniels

Pop Art! Pop Culture! Paintings (8th grade)

Enduring Understandings

• Artists observe the world around them as a way to reflect on life.

• Complementary colors help each other pop through contrast. 

• By ignoring what “the real world looks like,” you are able to create with “random” color. 

• The line between art and advertising is blurred.

• Art is a record of social, cultural and political experiences. 

• Mass production defines and diminishes modern life.

Essential Questions

• What is pop art? Why was pop art an important art movement?

• What do complementary colors do? Why are they important?

• How do I adjust my mindset when working with strictly complementary colors?

• What is the purpose of artists observing the world around them?

• How do we see contrast in color?

• What defines what “high” art and “low” art/pop culture? How did pop art blur this boundary?