Pop
Art
A
movement in the United States and Britain that
emerged in the 1950s and took its inspiration from
the imagery of consumer society and popular culture.
Comic strips, advertising and mass-produced objects
all played a part in this movement, which was
characterized by one of its members, Hamilton, as
'popular, transient, expendable, low cost,
mass-produced, young, witty, sexy, gimmicky,
glamorous and Big Business'. The brashness of subject
matter is often emphasized by hard edged,
photograph-like techniques in painting and minute
attention to detail In sculpture. Photomontage,
collage and assemblage are also common in
Pop Art. Some Pop artists also participated in
Happenings.
Representative
painters:
Blake, Dine, Hamilton,
Hockney, Johns,
Kitaj, Lichtenstein, Oldenburg, Rauschenberg,
Rosenquist, Thiebaud, Warhol