Pop Art Literature Review

REVIEW OF LITERATURE

Shaun McNiff (2002) wrote that art therapy is a way of conveying a message that cannot be put into conventional language. And this is true; art isn 't that only of beauty but also of what lies behind the paint of a canvas or behind the layer of lead on a page.

Background:

How is art part of our society?

When considering the history of art, it is a long series of revolutions and adaption 's. From Ancient art to pop art, but how does all of this fit into our society? What is the relationship between art and its role in society? Many peoplebelieve that art merely imitates life: which a painter represents what he or she sees by putting a scene on a canvas, that a sculptor does the same with wire or clay. A photographer or film maker does it even more directly in portraying just the everyday scenes. A writer describes life in books. This simple concept is known as mimesis (Dictionary.com 2002). But some argue that art can also change the way people look at the world and society, then could you not also say that art reflects life, that people change life into some artwork. (Dunn 2013). Many times art is this, what a person sees, they paint but it is not

Thus when internal stress is externalised by producing 'non-artistic ' art the therapist with the client can solve the problem in a better manner (Riley, 2001). The casual approach with art therapy usually takes clients by sunrise, because of the non-threatening communication form the teenagers feel they have more control; this counteracts the fear of being exposed. Art therapists use materials that evokes the artistic side like oil pastels, clay or paint, all these materials have their own expressive process. The therapists are not interested in the verbal examination with the client but rather their opinions on their own world expressed through imagery (Riley,