French art movement
Klein was particularly interested in what he called the vacuum — the endless expanse of the sky above his head, the sea at his feet. Yves Klein was a member of the French art movement New Realism. His followers shared the desire of other conceptualists of that time to go beyond the boundaries of easel painting, which, as their manifest proclaimed, has outlived its century. His work Le Vide from 1960, is nothing but bare walls in his gallery (Arnason and Mansfield 446). The main goal was to show the vacuum-like simplicity and how the concept of nothingness can be appreciated. It is critical to note the fact that the given artist was always inspired by the idea of levitation and body only flight. All these notions came from the original thought of vacuum and nothingness, which can allow an object to adhere to the freedom of movement.
British artist Richard Hamilton
British artist Richard Hamilton was one of the first individuals who gave a more precise definition to Pop art. He claimed that the given form of art must be transient, popular, low cost, expendable, mass-produced, glamorous, and young. His poster Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? was a clear manifestation of his key ideas about Pop art. Another Pop artist, who made a significant impact on British art, is R. B. Kitaj.
Although he was an American citizen, his major works helped to shape newly emerging British Pop art (Arnason and Mansfield 459). His work, The Autumn of Central Paris, addresses the calamities of the Second World War, where many French people suffered occupation. Another American Pop artist is Jasper Johns from South Carolina (Arnason and Mansfield 462). He was highly interested in flags, specifically in the American flag. Johns strived to add a certain depth to inherently flat items, such as the flag. His work Flag is an attempt to give a certain three-dimensional appearance to the American flag.
Work Cited
Arnason, Harvard, and Elizabeth Mansfield. History of Modern Art. Pearson, 2012.