Though I've seen images like these over and over I never really had a clear idea of what pop art really was. Pop art is defined as art that uses elements of popular culture, such as magazines, movies,popular music, and even bottles and cans. Armed with that definition, I took to Tumblr to look up images of pop art that were outside the typical Andy Warhol images.
When browsing on Tumblr, I found and image I fell in love with of Audrey Hepburn by Kayla Lidsey who focuses on gold pop art.
Naturally I love gold, and I wanted to somehow incorporate it into my art piece.
I still wanted to connect my piece somehow to Andy Warhol, and his collaboration with Basquiat kept popping into my mind.
Basquiat was known for having a crown in some of his pieces, and I decided I wanted to use that crown some where in my piece.
From there, I got to thinking about natural hair, and how in the natural hair community we sometimes call our hair our crowns. When I think of a beautiful crown of hair, one person comes to mind, one of my favorite artist SZA.
From there I had everything I needed to create my pop art. I wanted to keep it simple since my other projects had been more complex. I found a gold paint marker I could use for the crown, and decided to use one of the artist quotes, "kind of average with queen qualities", that I love to complete my art piece.
In the end the piece turned out well, and I feel like its something that truly represents me and the things I stand for. I had so much fun creating art and I learned a lot about myself and the creative process.
Cool links for teaching about pop art and great examples:
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