What is American Pop Art?

Pop art is an art movement that emerged in the 1950s and flourished in the 1960s in America and Britain, drawing inspiration from sources in popular and commercial culture. Different cultures and countries contributed to the movement during the 1960s and 70s.

Are comics considered Pop Art?

American Pop art iconography—taken from television, comic books, movie magazines, and all forms of advertising—was presented emphatically and objectively, without praise or condemnation but with overwhelming immediacy, and by means of the precise commercial techniques used by the media from which the iconography itself …

Was Pop Art strictly American?

Pop art was born in Great-Britain at a time where it was heavily influenced by American culture. A lot of the biggest names of the movement were American. There is thus a strong proximity and connection between the movement as it evolved in the US and in England.

Which pop artist is known for his paintings of American flags?

Jasper Johns

What classifies as Pop Art?

Pop art is a movement that emerged in the mid-20th century in which artists incorporated commonplace objects—comic strips, soup cans, newspapers, and more—into their work. The Pop art movement aimed to solidify the idea that art can draw from any source, and there is no hierarchy of culture to disrupt this.

What is the most expensive piece of pop art?

1) Andy Warhol’s Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster) ($105 Million) Not only the most expensive work of pop art, but one of the most expensive paintings of all time, Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster) was created in 1963 and consists of a black and white image of a crashed silver car wallpapered on a canvas many times.

What are the characteristics of American pop art?

American Pop art tended to be emblematic, anonymous, and aggressive; English Pop, more subjective and referential, expressed a somewhat romantic view of Pop culture fostered perhaps by England’s relative distance from it. English Pop artists tended to deal with technology and popular culture primarily as themes,…

How did the pop art movement get its name?

The Pop art movement was largely a British and American cultural phenomenon of the late 1950s and ’60s and was named by the art critic Lawrence Alloway in reference to the prosaic iconography of its painting and sculpture.

Who was one artist who personified pop art?

Andy Warhol – from Soup Cans to Celebrities. If there was one artist who personified Pop Art it was Andy Warhol. He originally worked as a ‘commercial artist’ and his subject matter was derived from the imagery of mass-culture: advertising, comics, newspapers, TV and the movies.

Which is the best book about pop art?

Pop Art: A Critical History published by University of California, is probably one of the best books about this topic. If you buy this book it’s true I get a very small commission, but you also get the best deal on this book.