New Year's Eve is almost here and soon we will enter a new year.
Want to get off on the right foot in 2023? Get inspired by the contemporary works of P55 artists - from urban art, through Pop Art to minimalist graphics, this list includes 5 works that represent the festivities and promises of the next year.
1. Keith Haring
Keith Haring was one of the main artists of the Pop Art movement, when he produced images that easily communicated with the general public. This postcard has the central characteristics of the works of Keith Haring, by containing the figures full of movement that always accompanied his works. The artistic production of Keith Haring continues to this day to make history, with its colorful, provocative and socially conscious images.
2. Banksy
The Englishman Banksy, whose identity is anonymous, is one of the most recognized and admired contemporary artists among the younger generations. Through stencils and graffiti, he created his own language on the streets of the world with a graphic language with its own characteristics. Children, policemen, rats or monkeys are some of the figures that the artist uses to critically address various social and political themes such as consumerism, political authority and terrorism.
3. Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol became known for his vast artistic production linked to the American Pop Art movement, in addition to his work as a filmmaker and graphic designer. His works, from Campbell's soup cans, to prints of celebrities including Marilyn Monroe, Elvis and Elizabeth Taylor, are a critique of the materialism, capitalism and glamor of the 1960s and 1970s. American popular culture. He made several Christmas and New Year postcards with elements linked to his personal tastes.
4. Roy Lichtenstein
Music was one of the great loves of Roy Lichtenstein. The artist had a particular interest in jazz and played the flute and saxophone. This image corresponds to the nature of freedom that music conveys, as well as to the artist's own exploration in the visual composition. Undoubtedly, that "Composition I" of Roy Lichtenstein reflects the general taste for music on a daily basis and intensely during New Year's Eve festivities.
5. Patrícia Marinho Oliveira
The young Portuguese artist explores the possibilities of expression in her graphic works by being inspired by her surroundings. Her pieces recurrently depict everyday figures, whether human or organic. The importance of research in the artist's creative process is evidenced by the influence of minimalist lines that made it possible to build an easily recognizable line. Within the framework of New Year's festivities, this work "Push Yourself" makes it possible to reflect on the common thought of progression always instilled at the turn of the year.
