Pop art emerged back in the early 50’s in England and later in the late 50’s in America. The style was basically a contradiction to fine arts. This was done by including; advertisement, comics and news. One of the main concepts in Pop art was to have an object and replacing its original context, for instance combine a motor engine with a flower arrangement. Their aims were similar to those of the Dadaists. They wanted to destroy the order of art and manipulating different traditional concepts.
The pop artists were starting to use different mediums to portray their work, including; Comic books and advertisements. They wanted to go with the mass culture. It is also said that pop art was created in a reaction to the abstract style of that time; abstract expressionism. When taking pop art and minimalism together, the element of post-modernism is seen clearly. Moreover the pop artists such as; Andy Warhol were using advertisements to create incredible designs. Some of these designs include the “32 Campbell's Soup Cans”, which basically was a design made out of 32 Campbell’s soup cans’ photographs combined together and creating an interesting pattern and creating something different with an original concept.
Moreover in America Pop art arrived late in the 1950’s. The term pop art was released in America in 1962 at the Museum of Modern Art. In America the artists had the same concepts of the British artists. One of the works which is using the convention of the comic art is the “Drowning Girl” by Roy Lichtenstein. It is a work done from oil and synthetic polymer paint. This painting is considered one of the first masterpieces of the pop art movement in America. In the UK the movement was slightly different than America as it was based on Post-war effect. It usually included irony and parody. In my opinion the style was a great inspiration in constructing a great way to use advertisement. At the time it was something huge to use advertisement in that matter, but still today artists are still amazed and influenced by the artists of Pop art.
An influence of the pop art which is still used today were the comic strips which were a great piece of entertainment for the children of the 60’s. Today comics aren’t so common as they used to be but people are still amazed by the huge impact the comic strips had on the people of the time.
The pop artists were starting to use different mediums to portray their work, including; Comic books and advertisements. They wanted to go with the mass culture. It is also said that pop art was created in a reaction to the abstract style of that time; abstract expressionism. When taking pop art and minimalism together, the element of post-modernism is seen clearly. Moreover the pop artists such as; Andy Warhol were using advertisements to create incredible designs. Some of these designs include the “32 Campbell's Soup Cans”, which basically was a design made out of 32 Campbell’s soup cans’ photographs combined together and creating an interesting pattern and creating something different with an original concept.
Moreover in America Pop art arrived late in the 1950’s. The term pop art was released in America in 1962 at the Museum of Modern Art. In America the artists had the same concepts of the British artists. One of the works which is using the convention of the comic art is the “Drowning Girl” by Roy Lichtenstein. It is a work done from oil and synthetic polymer paint. This painting is considered one of the first masterpieces of the pop art movement in America. In the UK the movement was slightly different than America as it was based on Post-war effect. It usually included irony and parody. In my opinion the style was a great inspiration in constructing a great way to use advertisement. At the time it was something huge to use advertisement in that matter, but still today artists are still amazed and influenced by the artists of Pop art.
An influence of the pop art which is still used today were the comic strips which were a great piece of entertainment for the children of the 60’s. Today comics aren’t so common as they used to be but people are still amazed by the huge impact the comic strips had on the people of the time.
Reference:
Wikipedia, 14/11/14, Pop Art. [Online] Available at: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_art#Origins> accessed on: [13/12/14].
The Art Story, N/A, Pop Art. [Online] Available at: <http://www.theartstory.org/movement-pop-art.htm> accessed on: [13/12/14].
Wikipedia, 18/09/14, Campbell’s Soup Cans. [Online] Available at: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell%27s_Soup_Cans> accessed on: [13/12/14].
Wikipedia, 14/11/14, Pop Art. [Online] Available at: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_art#Origins> accessed on: [13/12/14].
The Art Story, N/A, Pop Art. [Online] Available at: <http://www.theartstory.org/movement-pop-art.htm> accessed on: [13/12/14].
Wikipedia, 18/09/14, Campbell’s Soup Cans. [Online] Available at: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell%27s_Soup_Cans> accessed on: [13/12/14].