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Olivia Morelli

Mrs. Naus

Visual Arts

20 September 2018

Pop Art Analysis: ​Lifesavers b​ y Burton Morris

Made 2012; now being sold, but is tabbed by the ​Taglialatella Galleries; Materials

including oil, specifically acrylics, on canvas.

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Sensory Properties

Movement is the one of the most important/identifiable principals in ​Lifesavers b​ y Burton

Morris. The emphasis of the black lines against the many other bright colors imply obvious

movement. The movement of the candies could represent something more moving- they could

symbolise movement of a society, for example. Movement also adds many more dimensions to

the piece, and the lifesavers and moving off the page to many other places. The most prominent

element Morris utilizes is color because it adds lightness and familiarity to the painting that

possibly has a deeper meaning. Pop art typically has a fun and colorful facade, and the color

element is very obvious in this piece of artwork

Technical Properties

This piece of art is based off of the common American candy, Lifesavers. Many pop

artists use candy or other commercialized American products to share an idea, or just create a

painting. This piece of art is acrylics, which is oil on canvas. Morris, the artist of ​Lifesavers, ​uses

many of the same colorful techniques to emphasize different aspects in his different pieces of art.

Expressive Properties

Burton Norris is a pop artist, famous for his colorful artwork at the turn of the century.

Morris worked on television sets producing and working on graphics for the media, so he was

common with Commercial America. He painted many popular works such as buildings, candies,

and coca cola. ​Lifesavers b​ y Burton Morris is a recent example of pop art and society. The

lifesavers name suggests a hidden meaning- that maybe the purpose of this artwork was to

represent society because candies like lifesavers are extremely popular in America, and a

lifesaver is needed today with so many bad things happening.

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Works Cited

Taglialatella Galleries
.http://www.artnet.com/artists/burton-morris/lifesavers-a-7HLi7lbmtRLi3UGlvy0HLw2, 2018
Taglialatella Galleries ​http://www.artnet.com/artists/burton-morris/2​ Burton Morris, 2018
Live auctioneers.

https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/45702560_burton-morris-oil-on-canvas-lifesavers

2018