"Abbreviation of Popular Art. The Pop Art movement used common everyday objects to portray elements of popular culture, primarily images in advertising and television. The term Pop art was first used by English critic, Lawrence Alloway in 1958 in an edition of Architectural Digest. He was describing all post-war work centered on consumerism and materialism, and that rejected the psychological allusions of Abstract Expressionism. An attempt to bring art back into American daily life, it rejected abstract painting because of its sophisticated and elite nature. Pop Art shattered the divide between the commercial arts and the fine arts.
Pop Art made commentary on contemporary society and culture, particularly consumerism, by using popular images and icons and incorporating and re-defining them in the art world. Often subjects were derived from advertising and product packaging, celebrities, and comic strips. The images are presented with a combination of humor, criticism and irony. In doing this, the movement put art into terms of everyday, contemporary life. It also helped to decrease the gap between "high art" and "low art" and eliminated the distinction between fine art and commercial art methods".
From World Wide Art Recourses, Art History Data Base. http://wwar.com
Andy Warhols paintings contributed to the movement which put art into terms of everyday life. When i look at his pieces i instantly get it, very contemporary and ironic. I believe he assisted in the dividing of commercial arts and fine arts. Really wish i could be in class to discuss his works with u and the class, im a fan of his work. :>(
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