Salvador-artist reference

Salvador Dali is one of the most celebrated artists of all time. His fiercely technical yet highly unusual paintings, sculptures and visionary explorations in film and life-size interactive art ushered in a new generation of imaginative expression. From his personal life to his professional endeavors, he always took great risks and proved how rich the world can be when you dare to embrace pure, boundless creativity.

 

Tableaux Photography:

Tableaux photography involves people in a staged manner. The word is defined as a style where people are photographed in a formal and prepared environment. Therefore they are shown in a very particular manner, in a single shot. Here are some examples:

Jeff Wall, Knife Throw - 2008.
Jeff Wall, Knife Throw – 2008.
Jeff Wall, Volunteer - 1996.
Jeff Wall, Volunteer – 1996.

Jeff Wall took both of these great Tableaux images.

Pop art:

Pop art began in the year of 1955 and ended in the year 1974. During this 19 year period, the evolution of art has changed majorly and optimistically created a fresh begging in the world of visual arts.

Nowadays, pop art’s most important figures date back to the 1960’s. These New York artists revolutionised pop art. Some include: Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenquist and Claes Oldenburg. It became very popular to draw over well known imagery. The artists that did this became part of an international craze.  Shortly after the Abstract Expressionists popularity, which modernised visual arts by reaching out on worldwide levels. The Abstract Expressionists mainly focused depicting on spontaneous and action filled scenes. Examples of their early work includes:

Mask – Jackson Pollock, 1941.
Head - Jason Pollock, 1940-1.
Head – Jason Pollock, 1940-1.