Pop
Art
Pop art is a kind of art movement that shook up the fine art
world in 1950s. The trend emerged first in Britain and then in
the United States.
Pop art challenged the traditional beliefs of people and those
engaging in fine art. Before this movement, people thought that
famous artwork should only exist as one original piece.
However, pop artists decided to commercialize artwork so that
a larger group of people could share in the "masterpiece".
Other groups of Pop artists would make one masterpiece using commercial
photos, graphics and objects so the idea worked both ways.
By replication of masterpieces, this would enable the artists
to have the artwork being included in many art museums or galleries
in different parts of the world. This kind of strategy was used
to increase the exposure of the artwork to the audience.
The Pop artists could make use of some cheaper materials to make
the artwork. As a result, some of the popular Pop art masterpieces
did not age well with time and are no longer available to the
viewing public.
Historically, when Pop art emerged, the art world was full of
ideas about abstract expressionism.
However, the appearance of Pop art brought another new perspective
to the world.
Pop art made use of some famous images or logos from around the
world. For instance, some Pop art would make use of logos of Coca
Cola or McDonalds to create the collages or other artwork.
The assemblage of different images that people are familiar with
would create some shocking images in the minds of many people.
The Pop artists might create the artwork using a concept in mind
and this can make the audience confused in understanding the real
message behind the artwork. However, this kind of difficulty stimulated
the incentive of many people to study the drawings or posters
and try to understand the message of the artists.
One of the first and most famous Pop art pieces include the Campbell's
soup can labels. This was a Pop masterpiece from Andy Warhol.
He was one of the most famous Pop artists and with his hard work,
a lot of people found that Pop art is meaningful and the use of
images from brands or things currently used for advertisement
is attractive.
Of course as history shows, the spread of the Pop art movement
did not confine itself inside the United States and Great Britain.
Later, Italy, Japan, Spain as well as some other countries accepted
the Pop art movement.
Pop art is still popular today. As mentioned above, many people
are spending thousands of dollars (or more) to purchase the older
Pop art masterpieces. And there are many Pop artists today who
continue the craft often combining it with other styles of artwork.
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