Final Piece ideas

1.John F Kennedy
I want to incorporate all the characters in the chain of deaths proceeding after John FK was shot. This includes JFK, Lee Oswald and Jack Ruby. I also wanted to include the subject of Jack Ruby escaping the death penalty in jail by dieing of cancer.I would like to use a mix of newspaper images and paint to create the image, in the style of Rauschenberg.

2.John Lennon
I want to appropriate the famous Abbey Road album cover to express John Lennon's murder. I wanted to use graffiti style painting over the top of the image to express the story of his murder his murderer, Mark Chapman, and a police man.

Peter Blake

Peter Blake is a leading figure in British pop art who emerged in the period of mass production of products and images such as magazines and record sleeves. Blake's work is also inspired by love affairs between icons. 'Got a girl' is based on the song about girlfriends obsessions with Fabian, Avalon, Ricky Nelson, Bobby Rydel and Elvis. The piece is a combination of collage and silkscreen

Peter Kennard

Peter Kennard's work reflects his involvement in the anti-Vietnam war movement. his photo montages are "full of histories irony, fury and anger at the mistakes made in its name"The base of his work is rendering iconic and easily accessible images unacceptable, using controversial images placement.
"there is a natural alliance between truth and affliction" - Simon weil.

Robert Rauschenberg

Robert rauschenberg served in the military in the 1940's which was an obvious inspiration for his political and cultural art. He uses images of current and symbolic events out of magazines and the media in his collages, expanding them with 3d objects, also using techniques such as painting with ink dipped tyres. Rauschenberg used a large press still of JFK from a televised news conference, juxtaposing it next to an image of an astronaut which gives the piece a time frame and allows the viewer to read a story.

James rosenquist

James rosenquist is an American artist who combines both pop art and fine art. He creates his work using techniques such as silkscreen printing and collage. His collages are composed in a way that the individual objects make sense together and tell a story. His print 'president elect' uses the image of Kennedy's face from his campaign poster, which is another example of appropriation. Rosenquist said he was interested in people who advertise themselves.

Andy warhol

Warhol's silkscreen Monroe prints are another example of appropriation. The original image is a publicity shot from the 1953 film Nigeria.


These prints undermined the authenticity of the original portrait and allows the image to be reproducible. Warhol had an obsession with morbid concepts and cult celebrities. I am interested in exploring the fate of these cult celebrities if they had the chance to burn out like the celebrities with no controversial story.