3 coke bottles...

Hi there sweet readers! I've been thinking all week about the way I should start writting about pop art...yes, 'cause that's this week's theme! (you're right, our teacher has no mercy for us...). Well, after thinking that much, I've decided not to be very original and talk about a painting of Andy Warhol. Hope you like it…

            “3 coke bottles” is the name of this painting of 1962, created by Andy Warhol (like I said before), a leading figure and artist of pop art, an art movement thet emerged in the 50s.

            In this piece of art we see some characteristics of that movement. The colors used are red, black, white and green, some vivid colors representative of the young and rebel character of this type of art.

            The tittle of the painting reflects the direct, objective and literal character of pop art - we observe exactly "3 coke bottles" in the image.

            "Repetition" is also a particular of this art movement and, in this specific work, it is pretty clear - we do not see one, but three bottles of coca-cola. This is also a painting that makes publicity to a well-known international brand (coca-cola), showing pop art's purpose concerning publicity.

            To conclude, we may check that this movement points out a low-cost type of art, that is now "for everybody", by representing a bottle of some drink that everyone could have access to, contrasting with the previous art movement, Abstract Expressionism, that was only for the elites.

            Well, it is now time to say goodbye and leave you with a big...

XOXO, Oh My Gossip

Filipa