Japanese pop culture

Andy Warhol is one of the most relevant artist of the 21st century. He was an American artist who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. Warhol was considered “the gifted one” for his ability to paint and draw at such a young age. Not to mention he was a highly paid commercial illustrator in New York even before he began to make art destined for galleries. He was the son of a an Eastern European immigrant family in Pittsburgh. with their support andy was a successful…

movement emerged under the title of pop art. To create pop art the artists would combine many images from popular culture. This included things such as advertisements or images from comic books and even things as simple as soup cans.. This material would sometimes be isolated and combined with other images that would have no visible correlations to each other. Pop art was widespread reaching countries from the United States to Japan. This rising culture of pop art gave way to two of the greatest…

Radio airplay was one of the first factors to help determine if a song was a hit. In 1958, the Billboard Hot 100 list was made. The chart took statistics from radio airplay and sales data to compile the list. According to Nielsen Music, the radio continues to be the number one way for people to discover music. A streaming service iHeart Radio that allows people to listen to live radio from all of the United States or create one’s own station by choosing an artist or song created a company called…

Ai Weiwei is an artist/ architect and a Beijing native. He is the son of a Chinese poet Ai Qing. From very early in his life he resented the government of China, and became an activist. His way of thinking may have stemmed from his father, who was an anti-Communist painter turned writer after being put into jail. Ai attended the Beijing Film Academy, only after the death of Mao Zedong. He then traveled to and lived in New York for a time between 1981 and 1993. During this time, he studied at…

Subjects like the Campbell soup can or Coca-Cola. Warhol was rather shy and always observed, he would carry a camera to capture objects or famous people. Later he would turn those photographs into silk screen prints and reproduce them as his iconic pop art canvases (Marilyn Diptych). Furthermore, it should also be noted that Warhol used digital editing and flood fills for his later pieces as the advent of computers/ computer drawing software developed in the 80’s. Nevertheless, Warhol’s…

Frederick Delius once said that "Music is an outburst of the soul." This goes for musicians and listeners alike, and could easily pinpoint the ideal behind Los Angeles band Boigirl. Reviving the emo and post -hardcore music scene in December, with their debut single "Casualty Count," the So.Cal's band expressive attitude resurfaces the angst that every hard-core kid once possessed. Lead by frontman Casper Purtlebaugh (vocals), Chris Scott (guitar), Josh Chapman (bass), and James Kohlmeir…

Keith Haring was a famous artist in Pop Art and Graffiti Art. His works were deemed as quite controversial as it touched on subjects that were seen as a taboo at the time, such as sex. Toward the end of the 1980s, Keith Haring created this painting to face the absurd stereotypes surrounding the AIDS illness. The main spark of this movement is that many of his friends were dying of AIDS. He is strongly committed to fighting this disease and put his notoriety on the line for this cause. He also…

Do you listen to a lot of rap because if you do you have probably heard of the “Gucci Gang” rapper Gazzy Garcia A.k.a Lil Pump. Also I am here to teach you about the great guy called Lil pump he is making a lot by rapping and if you’re going to listen to rap you will hear about him a lot so i will inform you today about his background. Today I will tell you about Lil Pumps early life then I will tell you about his style. Finally I will tell you about how crazy his life is to this day. We will…

The pop art movement beginning in the mid-1950s was one of the biggest modern art movements ever. Pop art is often associated with comics and different vibrant colors. Roy lichtenstein and Andy Warhol, when it comes to both of these artists everyone instantly thinks of Pop Art, it’s the work of this pair that immediately jumps to mind. Both artists are in separate art worlds in their own interesting ways. Pop art is an art movement that emerged in Britain and the United States during the mid to…

In 2017, Dieuson Octave, commonly known by his stage name “ Kodak Black” released his album “ Project Baby 2: All Grown Up”. This album is a reboot of his breakout tape “ Project Baby”. Just like the title of the album indicates, “Project Baby 2” is about growth, the aftermath of the trials and tribulations that Kodak faced growing up in the projects in Pompano Beach, Florida. In a tracklist fully dominated by melodic songs, the highly lyrical and meaningful verses on Versatile stands out to…