Just What is it that Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing? by Richard Hamilton; 1956. Collage. Located in Kunsthalle Tubingen.
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- Pop art was a sort of "rebirth" for signs, symbols, metaphors, allusions, illusions, and figurative language. This art was very different than past classical forms of art, but it did reintroduce to the art world classical ideals that had been lost in the art of abstraction. "Just What it is" is of course Pop Art.
- Hamilton combined fine art and popular art to create a meld of visual interaction. This piece was mainly a form of advertisement, using popular art to attract the masses. However, Hamilton's propaganda went beyond the price tag. References to mass media, advertising, and pop culture are all present within this piece. Most likely, Hamilton was glorifying these aspects in order to mock America on their reliance of these new social customs.
- This piece of pop art wasn't one of my favorites at first glance. When I realized that Hamilton was reinventing art after World War II and trying to reprimand society for its frivolous nature, then i took a liking to this collage. By using images that America loves, Hamilton is in turn slapping them in the face with those very images.
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