Richard Hamilton | richard hamilton artist
SummaryofRichardHamiltonRichardHamiltonwasthefounderofPopart[1]andavisionarywhooutlineditsaimsandideals.Alollipopfromoneofhisearlycollagesfurnishedthemovementwithitstitle.Hisvisualjuxtapositionsfromthe1950swerethefirsttocapturethefreneticenergyoftelevision,andremindusofhowstrangethevacuum,taperecorder,andradiomusthaveseemedforthefirstgenerationsthatexperiencedthem."Popart"theBritishartistdeclared,wouldbe:"Popular,transient,expendable,low-cost,mass-produced,young,witty,sexy,gimmicky,glamorous...
Summary of Richard HamiltonRichard Hamilton was the founder of Pop art[1] and a visionary who outlined its aims and ideals. A lollipop from one of his early collages furnished the movement with its title. His visual juxtapositions from the 1950s were the first to capture the frenetic energy of television, and remind us of how strange the vacuum, tape recorder, and radio must have seemed for the first generations that experienced them. "Pop art" the British artist declared, would be: "Popular, transient, expendable, low-cost, mass-produced, young, witty, sexy, gimmicky, glamorous, and Big Business." While less of a household name than Andy Warhol[2], it was Hamilton who laid the groundwork for Pop art, and first defined its aims and ideals.
Accomplishments Hamilton introduced the idea of the artist as an active consumer and contributor to mass culture. Up until then (especially in Abstract Expressionist[3] circles) the prevailing view was that ar...