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How did Pop Art affect people?
With the advent of pop art, trends and fashions become subsumed into an all-encompassing phenomena that seeks to merge the whole cultural endeavor into a singular aesthetic style. The genres of marketing, advertising, branding became influenced by the pop art, and pop art had originally drawn influence from them!
How did critics describe Pop Art?
Although the critics of Pop art described it as vulgar, sensational, non-aesthetic, and a joke, its proponents (a minority in the art world) saw it as an art that was democratic and nondiscriminatory, bringing together both connoisseurs and untrained viewers.
Why was Pop Art really popular?
By creating paintings or sculptures of mass culture objects and media stars, the Pop Art movement aimed to blur the boundaries between “high” art and “low” culture. The concept that there is no hierarchy of culture and that art may borrow from any source has been one of the most influential characteristics of Pop Art.
When was pop art most popular?
1950s
Pop Art emerged as an art movement during the 1950s in America and Britain and peaked in the 1960s. The movement was inspired by popular and commercial culture in the western world and began as a rebellion against traditional forms of art.
How is pop art still prevalent to today’s Society?
Pop art is essentially a type of art that provides commentary on world events and consumerist culture. While it can be argued that the pop culture movement did not progress past the 1970s, there are elements of pop art that are still present in today’s contemporary art.
Who was the first artist in the pop art movement?
Eduardo Paolozzi was a Scottish sculptor, printmaker and multi-media artist, and a pioneer in the early development of Pop art. His 1947 print ‘I Was a Rich Man’s Plaything’ is considered the very first work of the movement.
Why did Andy Warhol create the pop art movement?
Following Andy Warhol, artists created Pop Art to react to Abstract Expressionism, deliberately trying not to use art to express their own thoughts and feelings. “We felt none of the dislike of commercial culture that was standard among most intellectuals, but accepted it as a fact, discussed it in detail, and consumed it enthusiastically.”
How did Abstract Expressionists react to pop art?
The Abstract Expressionists didn’t appreciate Pop Art or commercialism. There was no meaning behind the art and Pop Artists priced their art, which offended Abstract Expressionists, who believed that art was priceless and that selling art went against the very nature of art itself.