Pop and Prosperity exploring the post war changes in the sixties might be something you'd think would be easy to access, however not the case to the untrained person, however Katie opened my eyes to these three works she discussed, especially the Richard Hamilton, loved by so many people.
I have postcards of this work, and used to hesitate to send them to Friends with messages on the back, but no longer! This is what the information with the Artsnap says:
'This episode of Art Snaps looks at three pieces in Swindon Museum and
Art Gallery's exhibition 'Pop and Prosperity'. Following on from Episode
Two about abstract painting on show, Katie looks at Pop Art and
Conceptualism, through works by Richard Hamilton, Michael Craig-Martin
and Tom Phillips.'
Here are photos of the pieces, taken form the computer screen, so not of the best quality.
Above is a poorly reproduced 'Interior Study A' by Richard Hamilton which depicts a collaged living room wonderfully explained by Katie Ackrill in the Artsnap, a link to which appears at the end of the photos. I will just say that the glamorous woman in the picture was apparently originally looking at a washing machine in an advertisement.
A great favourite, especially with children is 'The Box that Never Closes' by Michael Craig-Martin in 1967.
And thirdly this piece by Tom Phillips with a very long title. I find this harder to appreciate.
But to find out lots more about these three pieces, please click on the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P38YHtvqDOQ
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