Art & Design Now
Until 9 February 2014
Barbican Art Gallery, London
Pop Art exploded onto the scene in the late 50’s and was a major cultural influence into the 1970’s and beyond. From the very beginning Pop Art found colourful expression in art and design, celebrating the optimistic post-war consumer culture of TV, advertising and technology.
Pop Art Design
The exhibition features around 200 works by 70 artists and designers, and gives a comprehensive look at the Pop Art movement.
This exhibition brings together the art and design of this period with artists such as Peter Blake, Judy Chicago, Richard Hamilton, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Elaine Sturtevant, Joe Tilson and Andy Warhol shown alongside furniture, lighting and objects designed by Achille Castiglioni, Charles and Ray Eames, Allen Jones, George Nelson, Gaetano Pesce and Ettore Sottsass. The exhibition features around 200 works by 70 artists and designers, and gives a comprehensive look at the Pop Art movement.
Be prepared for a blast of energy with displays of Pop Art graphics, posters, magazines and album covers, along with film, photography and images of architecture and interiors.
Pop Art Design paints a new picture of Pop Art – one that finally recognises the central role played by design.
Barbican Art Gallery, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC2 8DS.
Opening hours: Saturday to Wednesday 10am – 6pm.
Thursday & Friday 10am – 9pm.
Admission: Adult £12. Concessions £10. 13-17 years £8. Under 12's free.
Photo: Andreas Sütterlin © Studio 65
Studio 65, Leonardo Sofa, 1969, Vitra Design Museum Collection
* Moderna Museet © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2012
James Rosenquist, I Love you with my Ford, 1961 Collection Moderna Museet, Stockholm ^
* © Vitra (www.vitra.com)Studio 65, Capitello, Easy Chair, 1971 Collection Vitra Design Museum >
* Art goes pop: Spiegel Publishing House’s extraordinary swimming pool, designed in 1969 by Verner Panton (Picture: Panton Design, Basel) >
Pop Art Design paints a new picture of Pop Art – one that finally recognises the central role played by design.
