Pop Art emerged simultaneously in the United Kingdom and the United States in the late 1950s as a reaction against Abstract Expressionism and as a reflection of consumer society. It incorporated images from popular culture — advertising, comics, television, supermarket products — treating them with the same seriousness as traditional art. In the United States, artists such as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein made the movement synonymous with postwar American culture.
Main characteristics
- ●Images drawn from popular culture and advertising
- ●Bright colors and eye-catching compositions
- ●Serial reproduction and printing techniques
- ●Irony and criticism of consumerism
- ●Elimination of boundaries between "high" and "low" art
Key works
- Campbell's Soup Cans – Warhol
- Whaam! – Lichtenstein
- Flag – Johns