Pop Art was a visual art movement that emerged during the mid 1950s. A sign of the times, the style focused on mass production, celebrity and the expanding industries of advertising, TV, radio and print media - shaping a new cultural identity in the field of art and design. read more
Hamilton's depiction of a multitude of modern conveinces and Polluzzi actually uses the term "pop" in his collage. In the U.S. It was Warhol, Oldenberg, Lichtenstein, Rosenquist who subject matter converged with the painterly post abstract expressionistic artist like Johns and Rauchenberg that really got it moving. read more