Analysis Of Richard Hamilton's 'Mask, Murder, And Mercy: The New Millennium'
Randall Lofton
Professor Mooring
HUM2250
19 April 2016
Mask, Murder, and Mercy: The New Millennium Richard Hamilton was a major contributor to a new style of art. This new style was
Pop art. One of Hamilton’s most memorable works is called “Just What Is It That Makes
Today A Home” (1956). In this piece, Hamilton dealt with vulgarity and everyday life. His insight into the core of what was happening in his era made me realize that art is a language. This language gives those who are afraid or inhibited by life an opportunity to vocalize their inner thoughts and emotions. I was excited, because I felt that I now had a Conrad in arms. Hamilton style and technique lead me to create my own collage titled “Mask, Murder, and Mercy: The New Millennium”. …show more content…
For example, Hamilton’s collage criticizes Oldenburg’s lollipop, Wesselman-naked woman, and Warhol-can of ham for their artwork that shows American materialist ways in a positive light. He takes subject matter from each artwork and uses it in his collage. In my collage, I take pictures of items, words, or events that represent the last 8 years of a presidential term and its impact on the youth of this decade. I use lines to create a symbol of imprisonment. This symbol represents the idea of how the youth tend to emerge as prisoners to a culture that is not ready for their consuming obsession with modern living. Hamilton was a knowledgeable, deeply serious artist who loved and respected the great artists of the past. But he was also determinedly responsive to the modern living, modern technology, modern equipment, modern communications, modern materials, modern processes, and modern attitudes. Hamilton’s core principles involved a fascination with using art as a language. A converge of pop art, and poetry was …show more content…
As a Pacap (pop art, collage, poetry), I have a manifesto of 4 core principles gleaned from my life experiences. I believe Art reaches beyond the boundaries of something pretty to look at. A work of art is a language. It should always engage the cognitive process with its thoughts and ideas displayed. Even though, art is good no matter the quality the piece should remind the viewer of a message or principle in life. Pop Art can be changed to mimic life. Therefore, artwork should be natural, authentic, passionate, possessive, and communicative. Hamilton stated” In art, it’s the mind not the eye that should be
Professor Mooring
HUM2250
19 April 2016
Mask, Murder, and Mercy: The New Millennium Richard Hamilton was a major contributor to a new style of art. This new style was
Pop art. One of Hamilton’s most memorable works is called “Just What Is It That Makes
Today A Home” (1956). In this piece, Hamilton dealt with vulgarity and everyday life. His insight into the core of what was happening in his era made me realize that art is a language. This language gives those who are afraid or inhibited by life an opportunity to vocalize their inner thoughts and emotions. I was excited, because I felt that I now had a Conrad in arms. Hamilton style and technique lead me to create my own collage titled “Mask, Murder, and Mercy: The New Millennium”. …show more content…
For example, Hamilton’s collage criticizes Oldenburg’s lollipop, Wesselman-naked woman, and Warhol-can of ham for their artwork that shows American materialist ways in a positive light. He takes subject matter from each artwork and uses it in his collage. In my collage, I take pictures of items, words, or events that represent the last 8 years of a presidential term and its impact on the youth of this decade. I use lines to create a symbol of imprisonment. This symbol represents the idea of how the youth tend to emerge as prisoners to a culture that is not ready for their consuming obsession with modern living. Hamilton was a knowledgeable, deeply serious artist who loved and respected the great artists of the past. But he was also determinedly responsive to the modern living, modern technology, modern equipment, modern communications, modern materials, modern processes, and modern attitudes. Hamilton’s core principles involved a fascination with using art as a language. A converge of pop art, and poetry was …show more content…
As a Pacap (pop art, collage, poetry), I have a manifesto of 4 core principles gleaned from my life experiences. I believe Art reaches beyond the boundaries of something pretty to look at. A work of art is a language. It should always engage the cognitive process with its thoughts and ideas displayed. Even though, art is good no matter the quality the piece should remind the viewer of a message or principle in life. Pop Art can be changed to mimic life. Therefore, artwork should be natural, authentic, passionate, possessive, and communicative. Hamilton stated” In art, it’s the mind not the eye that should be