What is pop art?
Pop art is
art that is based on what is popular on the media during that time period. Pop
art can be used as a critical or ironic comment on traditional fine arts
values. The term “pop” in pop art stands for the word popular.
When did it first emerge?
Pop art first
emerged in the mid-1950s in Britain.
Two samples
of pop art:
This pop art was done by Andy
Warhol. Andy Warhol was one of the leading artists in this genre and he reveled in
creating pop art that included aspects of advertisements, culture related to
celebrities and also artistic expression on the whole.
Look Mickey
is a 1961 oil painting done by Roy Lichtenstein. Roy Lichtenstein was also one
of the famous pop art artists that existed.
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