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'''Pop art''' was an [[History of art|artistic movement]] that emerged in the late 1950s in [[England]] and the [[United States]]. Characterized by themes and techniques drawn from [[mass culture]], such as [[advertising]] and [[comic books]], Pop Art is widely interpreted as a reaction to the then-dominant ideas of [[abstract expressionism]]. Pop art, like [[pop music]], aimed to incorporate popular as opposed to elitist culture into art. Pop art at times targeted a broad audience, and often claimed to do so. However, much pop art is considered very [[academic]], as the unconventional organizational practices used often make it difficult to comprehend.<br> |
'''Pop art''' was an [[History of art|artistic movement]] that emerged in the late 1950s in [[England]] and the [[United States]]. Characterized by themes and techniques drawn from [[mass culture]], such as [[advertising]] and [[comic books]], Pop Art is widely interpreted as a reaction to the then-dominant ideas of [[abstract expressionism]]. Pop art, like [[pop music]], aimed to incorporate popular as opposed to elitist culture into art. Pop art at times targeted a broad audience, and often claimed to do so. However, much pop art is considered very [[academic]], as the unconventional organizational practices used often make it difficult to comprehend.<br> |
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Pop art was an artistic movement that emerged in the late 1950s in England and the United States. Characterized by themes and techniques drawn from mass culture, such as advertising and comic books, Pop Art is widely interpreted as a reaction to the then-dominant ideas of abstract expressionism. Pop art, like pop music, aimed to incorporate popular as opposed to elitist culture into art. Pop art at times targeted a broad audience, and often claimed to do so. However, much pop art is considered very academic, as the unconventional organizational practices used often make it difficult to comprehend.
The term was coined in 1958 by British critic Laurence Alloway (in response to works by Richard Hamilton, among others) and a "pop" movement was widely recognized by the mid-1960s. In the meantime, the movement was sometimes called Neo-Dada, a name which reveals some of the thinking behind this type of art, and the strong influence of dada pioneer Marcel Duchamp on such seminal pop figures as Hamilton, Jasper Johns, and Andy Warhol.
Notable Pop artists
- Christian Ludwig Attersee
- Peter Blake
- Derek Boshier
- Patrick Caulfield
- Dimitrios
- Jim Dine
- Marisol Escobar
- Red Grooms
- Philip Guston
- Keith Haring
- Richard Hamilton
- Robert Indiana
- Jasper Johns
- Allen Jones
- Yayoi Kusama
- Roy Lichtenstein
- Peter Max
- Claes Oldenburg
- Eduardo Paolozzi
- Hariton Pushwagner
- Mel Ramos
- Robert Rauschenberg
- James Rosenquist
- Ed Ruscha
- Wayne Thiebaud
- Andy Warhol
- Tom Wesselmann
External links
- Pop Art on Web Museum Paris site
- Pop Art at Curlie
- Index of Pop Artists
- Neo-dada page at the Guggenheim collection website
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