Pop Art

Pop Art, which surfaced in the UK and US throughout the time of the mid 1900s, is a vivid art movement that mixed traditional art styles with pop culture. Pop art was strongly influenced by things such as advertisements, comic books and mass media, like television, newspapers, social media and radio. Pop art’s main target / idea was to challenge traditional fine art by using images from popular culture. There were many artists who had a huge impact on enlarging and creating the movement. Artists like Andy Warhol, Richard Hamilton and Roy Lichtenstein had this impact on the movement. This movement still exists to the present day, Artists like Jeff Koons and Takashi Murakami as well as many more continue the legacy of pop art through graphic design, fashion and many other ways.

Present Day Pop Art

Richard Hamilton`s list of the ‘characteristics of pop art’

Pop Art is: Popular (designed for a mass audience), Transient (short-term solution), Expendable (easily forgotten), Low cost, Mass produced, Young (aimed at youth), Witty, Sexy, Gimmicky, Glamorous, Big business

How Pop Art Links To Union