Pop art, started around the late 1950’s, subject matter involves common objects and commercial images. These objects are often distorted, enlarged, simplified, and decorated using strange colors. Pop art is a western culture, from New York, and London and its initial aim was to break down the barriers between art and life.
By T.J.


                                                                          

(Above)Roy Lichtenstein (American, 
1923-1997), Crying Girl



"Everything is beautiful. 
Pop is everything." 

Andy Warhol



Pop art came alive in the mid 1950s in England but was only fully   recognized in the 
60’s in New York and was also considered a reaction against Abstract Expressionism.




Pop art is two dimensional, usually taken from advertising, photography or comic strips 
(Coca cola and Campbell soup ads may come 

 

 



to mind).  
The colours used are unmixed to create a very flat look.  
Because of the lack of colour, the thick and thin lines are especially important so that 
the edges distinguishable.
Probably the greatest Pop art artist known is Andy Warhol who lived between 1928-87.  
Richard Hamilton was also very famous for his “Just What Is It that Makes Today’s Home 
so Different, so Appealing?”, which was considered one of the very first pop art pieces. 
(Elaine Leung)

POP Art Examples