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Pop Art
The term first appeared in Britain
during the 1950s and referred to
the interest of a number of artists
in the images of mass media,
advertising, comics and consumer
products.
The media and
advertising were
favorite subjects for
Pop Art's often witty
celebrations of
consumer society.
Critics saw Pop art as
vulgar, sensational and
without merit. Supporters
liked it because they felt it
was an art everybody could
understand and that it
brought all elements of art
and life to one level.
Perhaps the greatest
Pop artist, whose
innovations have
affected so much
subsequent art, was the
American artist,
Andy Warhol
(1928-87).
Andy Warhol's paintings
of soup cans and movie
stars are classic
examples of Pop art. Pop
artists wanted to bring
art back to the people
and to make it more
meaningful to everyday
folks.
In the 1960s, Warhol
began to make paintings of
famous American products
such as Campbell's soup
cans and Coca-Cola. He
switched to silkscreen
prints, seeking not only to
make art of mass produced
items, but to mass produce
the art itself.
Hollywood Celebrities were favorite subjects
for Warhol’s art.