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May 21, 2001, 10:30:32 PM5/21/01
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View the works of celebrated Pop Artist, Steve Kaufman, at

http://www.chasengalleries.com/Kaufman_s/Kaufman.html

Henrietta K. Thomas

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May 22, 2001, 2:20:40 AM5/22/01
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On Tue, 22 May 2001 02:30:32 GMT, "gallery" <m.ca...@home.com> wrote, in
us.arts:

>View the works of celebrated Pop Artist, Steve Kaufman, at
>
>http://www.chasengalleries.com/Kaufman_s/Kaufman.html

Can you define 'pop artist' for me, as opposed
to other kinds of artists?

This is a serious question.

Henrietta K. Thomas
Chicago, Illinois
h...@wwa.com


Le Mod Pol

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May 30, 2001, 4:59:58 PM5/30/01
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"Henrietta K. Thomas" wrote:
>
> Can you define 'pop artist' for me, as opposed
> to other kinds of artists?
>
> This is a serious question.

This is a serious answer.

Pop art is best symbolized by the Campbell's Soup
can reproductions.

or 16 silk screened repros of a Marilyn Munroe
head shot on one sheet of paper

ie popular objects reproduced hence "pop"

Leo Castelli and Ivan Carp made millions pushing
4 or 5 artists who produced that stuff. It didn't
turn me on because to me it was simply decoration
but it was better than the photo realists (paint
by numbers)

A Warhol silkscreen went for a couple mil at
auction in NY about 10 days ago

BTW I think "pop artist" is a misnomer. There are
a lot of artists who make "Pop" art but the only
"Pop artists " of which I am familiar are those
who sing "pop" songs

LP

Henrietta K. Thomas

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Jun 1, 2001, 6:30:17 AM6/1/01
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On Wed, 30 May 2001 16:59:58 -0400, Le Mod Pol <mod...@espmail.com>
wrote, in us.arts:

>
>
>"Henrietta K. Thomas" wrote:
>>
>> Can you define 'pop artist' for me, as opposed
>> to other kinds of artists?
>>
>> This is a serious question.
>
>This is a serious answer.
>
>Pop art is best symbolized by the Campbell's Soup
>can reproductions.
>
>or 16 silk screened repros of a Marilyn Munroe
>head shot on one sheet of paper
>
>ie popular objects reproduced hence "pop"
>
>Leo Castelli and Ivan Carp made millions pushing
>4 or 5 artists who produced that stuff. It didn't
>turn me on because to me it was simply decoration
>but it was better than the photo realists (paint
>by numbers)
>
>A Warhol silkscreen went for a couple mil at
>auction in NY about 10 days ago

Thanks for the information, LP.

>BTW I think "pop artist" is a misnomer. There are
>a lot of artists who make "Pop" art but the only
>"Pop artists " of which I am familiar are those
>who sing "pop" songs

What would you call these artists, then? They're
certainly not traditional. And how would we
include them in a newsgroup called us.arts.artists?

Henrietta


Le Mod Pol

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Jun 1, 2001, 10:55:02 AM6/1/01
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Contemporary !

LP
:~)

Henrietta K. Thomas

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Jun 1, 2001, 2:42:37 PM6/1/01
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On Fri, 01 Jun 2001 10:55:02 -0400, Le Mod Pol <mod...@espmail.com>
wrote, in us.arts:


>"Henrietta K. Thomas" wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, 30 May 2001 16:59:58 -0400, Le Mod Pol
>><mod...@espmail.com> wrote, in us.arts:

[snip]

>> >Pop art is best symbolized by the Campbell's Soup
>> >can reproductions.
>> >
>> >or 16 silk screened repros of a Marilyn Munroe
>> >head shot on one sheet of paper
>> >
>> >ie popular objects reproduced hence "pop"
>> >
>> >Leo Castelli and Ivan Carp made millions pushing
>> >4 or 5 artists who produced that stuff. It didn't
>> >turn me on because to me it was simply decoration
>> >but it was better than the photo realists (paint
>> >by numbers)
>> >
>> >A Warhol silkscreen went for a couple mil at
>> >auction in NY about 10 days ago
>>
>> Thanks for the information, LP.
>>
>> >BTW I think "pop artist" is a misnomer. There are
>> >a lot of artists who make "Pop" art but the only
>> >"Pop artists " of which I am familiar are those
>> >who sing "pop" songs
>>
>> What would you call these artists, then? They're
>> certainly not traditional. And how would we
>> include them in a newsgroup called us.arts.artists?
>>
>Contemporary !

Yeah, that just might do it.

us.arts.artists is an unmoderated newsgroup for
the discussion of both traditional and contemporary
US artists and their work.

ht


Matthew Montchalin

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Jun 1, 2001, 4:54:27 PM6/1/01
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Le Mod Pol wrote:

|"Henrietta K. Thomas" wrote:
|> >BTW I think "pop artist" is a misnomer. There are
|> >a lot of artists who make "Pop" art but the only
|> >"Pop artists " of which I am familiar are those
|> >who sing "pop" songs
|>
|> What would you call these artists, then? They're
|> certainly not traditional. And how would we
|> include them in a newsgroup called us.arts.artists?
|>
|Contemporary !

Hmmmmmm.... That has a very good ring to it.

Le Mod Pol

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Jun 1, 2001, 6:40:43 PM6/1/01
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"Pop" art is no longer "Chic" but the "Stars" are
still grabbing record prices at auctions.

They are getting 7 figures now... do I hear 8...
7,7 do I hear 8 ... 8, 8, 8,
8 going once! going twice! <bang gavel> gone for 8
figures to the little man with the big cigar.

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