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Pop Art Paintings

POP ART STYLE

Perhaps one of the most influential contemporary art movements, Pop art emerged in the 1950s. In stark contrast to traditional artistic practice, its practitioners drew on imagery from popular culture — comic books, advertising, product packaging and other commercial media — to create original Pop art paintings, prints and sculptures that celebrated ordinary life in the most literal way.

ORIGINS OF POP ART

CHARACTERISTICS OF POP ART 

  • Bold imagery
  • Bright, vivid colors
  • Straightforward concepts
  • Engagement with popular culture 
  • Incorporation of everyday objects from advertisements, cartoons, comic books and other popular mass media

POP ARTISTS TO KNOW

ORIGINAL POP ART ON 1STDIBS

The Pop art movement started in the United Kingdom as a reaction, both positive and critical, to the period’s consumerism. Its goal was to put popular culture on the same level as so-called high culture.

Richard Hamilton’s 1956 collage Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? is widely believed to have kickstarted this unconventional new style.

Pop art works are distinguished by their bold imagery, bright colors and seemingly commonplace subject matter. Practitioners sought to challenge the status quo, breaking with the perceived elitism of the previously dominant Abstract Expressionism and making statements about current events. Other key characteristics of Pop art include appropriation of imagery and techniques from popular and commercial culture; use of different media and formats; repetition in imagery and iconography; incorporation of mundane objects from advertisements, cartoons and other popular media; hard edges; and ironic and witty treatment of subject matter.

Although British artists launched the movement, they were soon overshadowed by their American counterparts. Pop art is perhaps most closely identified with American Pop artist Andy Warhol, whose clever appropriation of motifs and images helped to transform the artistic style into a lifestyle. Most of the best-known American artists associated with Pop art started in commercial art (Warhol made whimsical drawings as a hobby during his early years as a commercial illustrator), a background that helped them in merging high and popular culture.

Roy Lichtenstein was another prominent Pop artist that was active in the United States. Much like Warhol, Lichtenstein drew his subjects from print media, particularly comic strips, producing paintings and sculptures characterized by primary colors, bold outlines and halftone dots, elements appropriated from commercial printing. Recontextualizing a lowbrow image by importing it into a fine-art context was a trademark of his style. Neo-Pop artists like Jeff Koons and Takashi Murakami further blurred the line between art and popular culture.

Pop art rose to prominence largely through the work of a handful of men creating works that were unemotional and distanced — in other words, stereotypically masculine. However, there were many important female Pop artists, such as Rosalyn Drexler, whose significant contributions to the movement are recognized today. Best known for her work as a playwright and novelist, Drexler also created paintings and collages embodying Pop art themes and stylistic features.

Read more about the history of Pop art and the style’s famous artists, and browse the collection of original Pop art paintings, prints, photography and other works for sale on 1stDibs.

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Style: Pop Art
Farm at Corner Creek, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A farmhouse and barns sit among rolling green hills and tree-lined pastures. Under the warmth of the summer sun, cows graze lazily in the fields. A creek mirrors the blue sky and the rooftops, adding a serene touch to the pastoral scene.


About the Artist
Artist John Jaster paints in a style he describes as realistic impressions, capturing colorful views of his adventures across the Americas. "People always ask me how I get such deep brilliant colors," says John. "The answer is layers. Since acrylic paint dries mostly transparent, it requires multiple layers of paint to build up to a specific color. With the right lighting that depth of layering is like sunshine glistening through clear water." In college, John felt a pull towards computer science and pursued a career in software architecture. Although the two paths...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Expressive vivid pop art naive pastel painting on paper "Boy on his scooter"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This vibrant and dynamic artwork " Boy on his scooter " captures an essence of playful spontaneity and youthful exuberance. The piece, rendered in a vivid palette of bold primary a...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Paper

Floral Drama - Colorful Mixed Media Still Life Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lee Herring is a contemporary painter specializing in vibrant, textured, and abstract landscapes that convey fleeting moments. Herring's energetic artworks are inspired by everyday m...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Varnish, Mixed Media, Acrylic

In Arms - Original Colorful Mixed Media Abstract Vibrant Spontaneous Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swedish artist Jonas Fisch’s imagery is vibrantly buzzing with colorful commentary on society - past and present - morphed into figures, words, and shapes. His heavily layered canvas...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Spray Paint, Board

Plum, Sky Blue and Prussian Blue Excess combo (texture thick vibrant painting)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Plum, Sky Blue and Prussian Blue Excess combo is a trio of thick and vibrant impasto paintings on wood. The elegant texture is spontaneously built up and creates the dynamic surface ...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

The Most Powerful Wonder Woman - Large Textural Figurative Pop Art Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Playing with the interaction between positive and negative space, strong colors on neutral backgrounds, Canadian artist Virginie Schroeder creates pop art portraits and iconic pop cu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Honor and Gucci - Original Playful Origami Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Emilio Rama's captivating pop art-inspired paintings featuring origami animal figures are a distinctive and original contribution to the realm of contempor...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Hot Pink, Prussian Blue and Vermilion Excess combo (texture thick vibrant paint)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Hot Pink, Prussian Blue and Vermilion Excess combo is a trio of thick and vibrant impasto paintings on wood. The elegant texture is spontaneously built up and creates the dynamic sur...
Category

2010s Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Elizabeth Taylor - Follow your Passion, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Original Painting on Canvas. One-of-a-kind Pop Art Original Painting on Canvas by Gardani available for you. Hand signed by the Artist front and back, comes with official Gardani ...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Through the Mirror - Original Mixed Media Surrealist Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Robert Lebsack creates artworks using mixed media with ink, acrylic and charcoal on archival copies of newspaper, textbooks, or sheet music. His street art tends to focus on social a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Charcoal, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Archival Paper

Waves. Figurative Acrylic Painting, Minimalism, Pop art, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary figurative acrylic on canvas painting by Polish artist Joanna Woyda. Painting is in minimalistic, pop art style. The artwork depicts a girl standing in a water. Colors a...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Oh No - Original Colorful Figurative Pop Art Rendition Painting by Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gary John's pop-street artworks have a whimsical, yet exciting and bold quality inspired by classic cartoon and comic book characters. Blending pop sensibilities with a roughened fau...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Paper

The Outliers - Large Original Figurative Abstract Textural Street Art Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swedish artist Jonas Fisch’s imagery is vibrantly buzzing with colorful commentary on society - past and present - morphed into figures, words, and shapes. His heavily layered canvas...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Modern Architecture - Original Artwork Critical History Modern Design Architect
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carl Smith is an American artist who has been living in Berlin, Germany, since 2001. He works with a combination of silkscreen printing, collage, and painting to create his urban ins...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Linen, Acrylic, Screen

Jose Palacios, ATLAS 14, Mixed media on paper, 2024
Located in New York, NY
This vivid circular mixed media on paper by Jose Palacios, showcases his signature abstract pop art style, blending vibrant colors and dynamic forms. This painting feels like a playf...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Laminate, Paper, Acrylic, Vinyl

"Max Bill (1)", Painting on cut aluminium, Trompe l'oeil, Constructivism
Located in Carballo, ES
The root of Guedes's work is located in the MADÍ movement, of Argentine origin and little repercussion in Spain, which attaches great importance to the tensions that are established ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Digital Pigment

Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend
Located in Atlanta, GA
J. C. Morey is a Spanish artist from the province of Alicante. He was born into a family of artists and connected to the art world since the 60s, which gave him the opportunity from ...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Canvas

Forty-Deuce, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
People bustle past each other, filling the sidewalks of 42nd Street in New York City. On this sunny winter afternoon, storefronts dazzle with colorful advertisements, while theater marquee lights reflect off restaurant windows. The sounds of traffic mix with the lively beat of Spanish rock music from boom boxes, infusing the air with the vibrant pulse of urban life.


About the Artist
Artist Leroy Burt paints playful, offbeat landscapes and portraits based on his experiences living in Milwaukee, New York, Costa Rica, and currently Rochester, Minnesota. "I think of my paintings as short stories," he says. As a young child, Leroy faced a number of obstacles. His parents divorced when he was four years old and he was raised by his grandparents in a three-room shack without running water or electricity. Leroy worked hard to pull himself out of poverty. He studied graphic design and painting, which led to a 30-year career in graphic design - five years at WMVS, the PBS television station in Milwaukee, fifteen years at city hall in Milwaukee, and ten years at WNET, the PBS station in New York. In 2015, Leroy retired to focus his energy on painting. Today, he works from a tiny studio filled with half-finished paintings stacked against every wall. "There are photos and sketches for future paintings taped everywhere," says Leroy. "My windows are filled with orchids. There are books, films and music CDs in every corner. And the room is dominated by a black and silver Andy Warhol silkscreen...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Blue Dog "Original - Almost Primary Dog, Tiffany" Signed Oil on Canvas
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of a mostly pink with yellow background. There are 2 blue leafless trees and a single portrait sized face of a white and black dog (Tiffany). The dog ha...
Category

1990s Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Blue Nostalgia - Original Vibrant Figurative Store Front Still Life Pop Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian artist Fabio Coruzzi merges painting and photography into one imaginative image that offers a new outlook on an otherwise ordinary urban scene. His artworks represent an auth...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Jozza Original Acrylic on Canvas "Not A Crime" 30 x 24
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Jozza Title: "Not A Crime" Year: 2024 Media: Original acrylic on canvas Size: 30x24 Inches Hand signed on the recto and signed "Jozza", Titled, Dated, and ID numbered on the ...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

The Lifekeeper
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting is in excellent condition and has only been shown in galleries. This painting is gallery wrapped and finished on the edges so it can be hung without a frame. Frame options available upon request at an additional cost-please message us with any questions. Lorenzo’s work combines color inspiration from the impressionists and stylistics of pop like David Hockney...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

The Lifekeeper
The Lifekeeper
$5,200 Sale Price
20% Off
"Lavender Chanel" Audrey Hepburn with Flowers Pop Art Acrylic Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
A bold and elegant piece depicting Audrey Hepburn's Breakfast At Tiffany's juxtaposed with Chanel on an elegant lilac background. With impasto painting, and quick brushwork we are dr...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Blank Cheque - Colorful Figurative Modern Cultural Commentary Original Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian artist Fabio Coruzzi merges painting and photography into one imaginative image that offers a new outlook on an otherwise ordinary urban scene. His artworks represent an auth...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Graphite

Mint Excess 2 (thick blue green impasto painting square Aqua pop design)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Mint Excess 2 by Chloe Hedden is a refreshing exploration of color and texture, evoking a sense of tranquility and renewal. The cool, vibrant mint hue is both soothing and invigorati...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Wolverine Bingo - Colorful Pop Art Comic Book Super Hero Painting by Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint

Surfer Girl X
Located in Bozeman, MT
One of the originators of the Western pop art movement, Billy Schenck incorporates techniques from photorealism with a pop art sensibility to both exalt and poke fun at images of the...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"My Golden Butterfly" Gold and Black Contemporary Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Butterfly Collection” is a vibrant and energetic...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Followers Of Mononoke - Contemporary Pop Art by Gary John after Hunt Slonem
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint

The Day We Caught The Train - Large Oversized Original Figurative Still Life
Located in Los Angeles, CA
English artist Jonjo Elliot's large scale still life works are a collision of expressionistic fauvism and his collections encourage a youthful candor. Plants thrive in environments t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Prussian Blue Excess (thick impasto painting square monochrome pop cake design)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Chloe Hedden’s Prussian Blue Excess from her Excess series embodies Excessivism through its thick, sculptural application of paint, creating a highly textured, almost turbulent surfa...
Category

2010s Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Robot Batman - Original Pop Retro Artwork on Newspaper by Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene during the Art Basel Miami art fair in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was named one of 20 standout artists at the 2014 NY Affordable Art Fair. His works have been represented by Artspace Warehouse since 2013. His contemporary artworks continue to be exhibited at major international art fairs in the United States, Asia and Europe, including Los Angeles, New York, London, Singapore and Hong Kong. Celebrities and major art collectors worldwide have acquired his timeless artworks, which have seen a significant increase in value. This original artwork is 23 inches high by 22 inches wide, and is a pop art composition painted onto newspaper featuring a Batman robot toy...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint

UMBRELLA MAN
Located in Aventura, FL
Original mixed media drawing with watercolor on paper. Hand signed by Peter Max. Frame size approx 17 x 21 inches. Artwork size 11 x 15 inches. Artwork is in excellent condition....
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor

UMBRELLA MAN
$3,375 Sale Price
25% Off
Gold Seahorse on Blue
Located in New York, NY
Joss Parker Gold Seahorse on Blue in pop art style. Spraypaint on canvas. Colors: Blue, White, Pink, Red, Yellow
Category

2010s Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Spray Paint

Holding Ships III
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Jeni Stallings creates work that often draws from her dreams and personal experiences. She tends to render those moments in a muted, femininity-infused surrealism far from the hard-...
Category

2010s Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Wax, Oil, Wood Panel

King of Cool
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swiss artist Marion Duschletta transforms luxury objects and urban landscapes from around the world into unique layered artworks. She combines an intriguing mixture of urban photogra...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Under a Harvest Moon, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A bright harvest moon illuminates the edges of gray and blue clouds, casting its glow over a small house with an orange door. Birch trees in autumn colors sta...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Outlaw Smurf - Original Pop Street Art Artwork on Newspaper by Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene during the Art Basel Miami art fair in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint

Danish Design - Original Mid Century Modern Book Artwork on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carl Smith is an American artist who has been living in Berlin, Germany, since 2001. He works with a combination of silkscreen printing, collage, and painting to create his urban ins...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Linen, Acrylic, Screen

Judy Rifka, Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting on Paper Hockey Players
Located in Surfside, FL
Judy Rifka (American, b. 1945) "Ice Hockey" Acrylic or oil paint on Fabriano paper paintings featuring multiple hockey players executed in yellow, white, purple, and black hues. Ha...
Category

1980s Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Oil

Flower Vase, Peter Max
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Acrylic on cotton duck cloth canvas. Canvas size: 16 x 12 inches. Inscription: Hand signed, as issued. Notes: Registered #132387, in the Peter Max Archive, New York, 2004. PETER MAX...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Flower Vase, Peter Max
Flower Vase, Peter Max
$19,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Retro_Pop_Female Portrait/Figurative_Acrylic_James Wolanin, Summer Love
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
JAMES WOLANIN "Summer Love" Acrylic & Gloss Varnish on Panel 36 x 36 inches ______________________ James Wolanin’s paintings transport the viewer to an effervescent, candy coated w...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Varnish, Acrylic, Panel

"Lygia Clark (1)", Painting on cut aluminium, Trompe l'oeil, Constructivism
Located in Carballo, ES
The root of Guedes's work is located in the MADÍ movement, of Argentine origin and little repercussion in Spain, which attaches great importance to the tensions that are established ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Digital Pigment

Original - Boogie Dudley and Blue - Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of a red background with 3 animals, 1 each Boogie Bear, Dudley the dog and Blue Dog. All the animals have soulful yellow eyes and there is a bright yello...
Category

1990s Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Paradise Pond. An oil landscape in the style of the Nayiv Volsky Lilya
Located in Zofingen, AG
Paradise Pond. An oil landscape in the style of the Nayiv Volsky Lily. In our fantasies, there are corners or places where we want to come again and again. I decided to share my plac...
Category

2010s Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Lacquer, Oil

COCA COLA
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on canvas.. Hand signed on front; signed and titled on verso by the artist. Canvas is stretched. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity...
Category

2010s Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

COCA COLA
COCA COLA
$5,000 Sale Price
50% Off
NUDE III, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
NUDE III Tribute to French painter Henri Matisse. Acrylic on canvas. 30in x 30in (76cm x 76cm). Ready to hang. :: Painting :: Pop-Art :: This piece comes with an official certifi...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"On the Link of Times"
Located in Zofingen, AG
The work took part in the exhibition "Draw me a poem" in the National Museum of Kiev-Pechersk Lavra 2024. The painting "On the Link of Times" reveals the theme of anti-fragility thro...
Category

2010s Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Street Box CC (Pink)" Colorful Mixed Media Pop Art Work by French Street Artist
Located in New York, NY
This piece depicts an abstract Chanel Logo with bursts of color and pop art design. Done with beautiful expressive compositions of Comics mixed with spray paint and resin on the Cha...
Category

2010s Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Board

Jose Palacios, Chopito's Adventure, Mixed media on paper, 2024
Located in New York, NY
In this original acrylic paint and vinyl on paper from Art Angler Gallery, Jose Palacios depicts an abstract pop art style. This painting bursts with playful energy. Swirls of pink, ...
Category

2010s Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Laminate, Paper, Acrylic

Interdimensional Future - Colorful Original Pop Art Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles native RF fuses original and iconic characters in her vivid graffiti-inspired twisted pop artworks. Within each artwork, RF blends a mix of humor, eccentricity, and contr...
Category

2010s Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Max Bill (4)", Painting on cut aluminium, Pop Three-dimensional art
Located in Carballo, ES
The root of Guedes's work is located in the MADÍ movement, of Argentine origin and little repercussion in Spain, which attaches great importance to the tensions that are established ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Digital Pigment

Pop art contemporary alice blue yellow sculptural figurative interior Painting
Located in New York, NY
This is a hand cut and hand painted artwork by Italian artist Riffblast. It’s signed on the back as an original work of art ready to hang with frame.
Category

2010s Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

DRC
Located in PARIS, FR
Unique and original painting, ready to hang. Campbell La Pun’s unique spray can paintings merge street art sensibilities with vibrant pop culture influences, transforming ordinary s...
Category

2010s Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint, Wood Panel

"Elvis", Denied Andy Warhol Silver & Black Pop Art Painting by Charles Lutz
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Elvis, Metallic Silver and Black Full Length Silkscreen Painting by Charles Lutz Silkscreen and silver enamel painted on vintage 1960's era linen with Artist's Denied stamp of the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board. 82" x 40" inches 2010 Lutz's 2007 ''Warhol Denied'' series gained international attention by calling into question the importance of originality or lack thereof in the work of Andy Warhol. The authentication/denial process of the [[Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board]] was used to create value by submitting recreations of Warhol works for judgment with the full intention for the works to be formally marked "DENIED". The final product of the conceptual project being "officially denied" "Warhol" paintings authored by Lutz. Based on the full-length Elvis Presley paintings by Pop Artist Andy Warhol in 1964, this is likely one of his most iconic images, next to Campbell's Soup Cans and portraits of Jackie Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Liz Taylor, and Marlon Brando. This is the rarest of the Elvis works from the series, as Lutz sourced a vintage roll of 1960's primed artist linen which was used for this one Elvis. The silkscreen, like Warhol's embraced imperfections, like the slight double image printing of the Elvis image. Lutz received his BFA in Painting and Art History from Pratt Institute and studied Human Dissection and Anatomy at Columbia University, New York. Lutz's work deals with perceptions and value structures, specifically the idea of the transference of values. Lutz's most recently presented an installation of new sculptures dealing with consumerism at Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater House in 2022. Lutz's 2007 Warhol Denied series received international attention calling into question the importance of originality in a work of art. The valuation process (authentication or denial) of the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board was used by the artist to create value by submitting recreations of Warhol works for judgment, with the full intention for the works to be formally marked "DENIED" of their authenticity. The final product of this conceptual project is "Officially DENIED" "Warhol" paintings authored by Lutz. Later in 2013, Lutz went on to do one of his largest public installations to date. At the 100th Anniversary of Marcel Duchamp's groundbreaking and controversial Armory Show, Lutz was asked by the curator of Armory Focus: USA and former Director of The Andy Warhol Museum, Eric Shiner to create a site-specific installation representing the US. The installation "Babel" (based on Pieter Bruegel's famous painting) consisted of 1500 cardboard replicas of Warhol's Brillo Box (Stockholm Type) stacked 20 ft tall. All 1500 boxes were then given to the public freely, debasing the Brillo Box as an art commodity by removing its value, in addition to debasing its willing consumers. Elvis was "the greatest cultural force in the Twentieth Century. He introduced the beat to everything, and he changed everything - music, language, clothes, it's a whole new social revolution." Leonard Bernstein in: Exh. Cat., Boston, The Institute of Contemporary Art and traveling, Elvis + Marilyn 2 x Immortal, 1994-97, p. 9. Andy Warhol "quite simply changed how we all see the world around us." Kynaston McShine in: Exh. Cat., New York, Museum of Modern Art (and traveling), Andy Warhol: Retrospective, 1996, p. 13. In the summer of 1963 Elvis Presley was just twenty-eight years old but already a legend of his time. During the preceding seven years - since Heartbreak Hotel became the biggest-selling record of 1956 - he had recorded seventeen number-one singles and seven number-one albums; starred in eleven films, countless national TV appearances, tours, and live performances; earned tens of millions of dollars; and was instantly recognized across the globe. The undisputed King of Rock and Roll, Elvis was the biggest star alive: a cultural phenomenon of mythic proportions apparently no longer confined to the man alone. As the eminent composer Leonard Bernstein put it, Elvis was "the greatest cultural force in the Twentieth Century. He introduced the beat to everything, and he changed everything - music, language, clothes, it's a whole new social revolution." (Exh. Cat., Boston, The Institute of Contemporary Art (and traveling), Elvis + Marilyn 2 x Immortal, 1994, p. 9). In the summer of 1963 Andy Warhol was thirty-four years old and transforming the parameters of visual culture in America. The focus of his signature silkscreen was leveled at subjects he brilliantly perceived as the most important concerns of day to day contemporary life. By appropriating the visual vernacular of consumer culture and multiplying readymade images gleaned from newspapers, magazines and advertising, he turned a mirror onto the contradictions behind quotidian existence. Above all else he was obsessed with themes of celebrity and death, executing intensely multifaceted and complex works in series that continue to resound with universal relevance. His unprecedented practice re-presented how society viewed itself, simultaneously reinforcing and radically undermining the collective psychology of popular culture. He epitomized the tide of change that swept through the 1960s and, as Kynaston McShine has concisely stated, "He quite simply changed how we all see the world around us." (Exh. Cat., New York, Museum of Modern Art (and traveling), Andy Warhol: Retrospective, 1996, p. 13). Thus in the summer of 1963 there could not have been a more perfect alignment of artist and subject than Warhol and Elvis. Perhaps the most famous depiction of the biggest superstar by the original superstar artist, Double Elvis is a historic paradigm of Pop Art from a breath-taking moment in Art History. With devastating immediacy and efficiency, Warhol's canvas seduces our view with a stunning aesthetic and confronts our experience with a sophisticated array of thematic content. Not only is there all of Elvis, man and legend, but we are also presented with the specter of death, staring at us down the barrel of a gun; and the lone cowboy, confronting the great frontier and the American dream. The spray painted silver screen denotes the glamour and glory of cinema, the artificiality of fantasy, and the idea of a mirror that reveals our own reality back to us. At the same time, Warhol's replication of Elvis' image as a double stands as metaphor for the means and effects of mass-media and its inherent potential to manipulate and condition. These thematic strata function in simultaneous concert to deliver a work of phenomenal conceptual brilliance. The portrait of a man, the portrait of a country, and the portrait of a time, Double Elvis is an indisputable icon for our age. The source image was a publicity still for the movie Flaming Star, starring Presley as the character Pacer Burton and directed by Don Siegel in 1960. The film was originally intended as a vehicle for Marlon Brando and produced by David Weisbart, who had made James Dean's Rebel Without a Cause in 1955. It was the first of two Twentieth Century Fox productions Presley was contracted to by his manager Colonel Tom Parker, determined to make the singer a movie star. For the compulsive movie-fan Warhol, the sheer power of Elvis wielding a revolver as the reluctant gunslinger presented the zenith of subject matter: ultimate celebrity invested with the ultimate power to issue death. Warhol's Elvis is physically larger than life and wears the expression that catapulted him into a million hearts: inexplicably and all at once fearful and resolute; vulnerable and predatory; innocent and explicit. It is the look of David Halberstam's observation that "Elvis Presley was an American original, the rebel as mother's boy, alternately sweet and sullen, ready on demand to be either respectable or rebellious." (Exh. Cat., Boston, Op. Cit.). Indeed, amidst Warhol's art there is only one other subject whose character so ethereally defies categorization and who so acutely conflated total fame with the inevitability of mortality. In Warhol's work, only Elvis and Marilyn harness a pictorial magnetism of mythic proportions. With Marilyn Monroe, whom Warhol depicted immediately after her premature death in August 1962, he discovered a memento mori to unite the obsessions driving his career: glamour, beauty, fame, and death. As a star of the silver screen and the definitive international sex symbol, Marilyn epitomized the unattainable essence of superstardom that Warhol craved. Just as there was no question in 1963, there remains still none today that the male equivalent to Marilyn is Elvis. However, despite his famous 1968 adage, "If you want to know all about Andy Warhol, just look at the surface of my paintings" Warhol's fascination held purpose far beyond mere idolization. As Rainer Crone explained in 1970, Warhol was interested in movie stars above all else because they were "people who could justifiably be seen as the nearest thing to representatives of mass culture." (Rainer Crone, Andy Warhol, New York, 1970, p. 22). Warhol was singularly drawn to the idols of Elvis and Marilyn, as he was to Marlon Brando and Liz Taylor, because he implicitly understood the concurrence between the projection of their image and the projection of their brand. Some years after the present work he wrote, "In the early days of film, fans used to idolize a whole star - they would take one star and love everything about that star...So you should always have a product that's not just 'you.' An actress should count up her plays and movies and a model should count up her photographs and a writer should count up his words and an artist should count up his pictures so you always know exactly what you're worth, and you don't get stuck thinking your product is you and your fame, and your aura." (Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again), San Diego, New York and London, 1977, p. 86). The film stars of the late 1950s and early 1960s that most obsessed Warhol embodied tectonic shifts in wider cultural and societal values. In 1971 John Coplans argued that Warhol was transfixed by the subject of Elvis, and to a lesser degree by Marlon Brando and James Dean, because they were "authentically creative, and not merely products of Hollywood's fantasy or commercialism. All three had originative lives, and therefore are strong personalities; all three raised - at one level or another - important questions as to the quality of life in America and the nature of its freedoms. Implicit in their attitude is a condemnation of society and its ways; they project an image of the necessity for the individual to search for his own future, not passively, but aggressively, with commitment and passion." (John Coplans, "Andy Warhol and Elvis Presley," Studio International, vol. 181, no. 930, February 1971, pp. 51-52). However, while Warhol unquestionably adored these idols as transformative heralds, the suggestion that his paintings of Elvis are uncritical of a generated public image issued for mass consumption fails to appreciate the acuity of his specific re-presentation of the King. As with Marilyn, Liz and Marlon, Warhol instinctively understood the Elvis brand as an industrialized construct, designed for mass consumption like a Coca-Cola bottle or Campbell's Soup Can, and radically revealed it as a precisely composed non-reality. Of course Elvis offered Warhol the biggest brand of all, and he accentuates this by choosing a manifestly contrived version of Elvis-the-film-star, rather than the raw genius of Elvis as performing Rock n' Roll pioneer. A few months prior to the present work he had silkscreened Elvis' brooding visage in a small cycle of works based on a simple headshot, including Red Elvis, but the absence of context in these works minimizes the critical potency that is so present in Double Elvis. With Double Elvis we are confronted by a figure so familiar to us, yet playing a role relating to violence and death that is entirely at odds with the associations entrenched with the singer's renowned love songs. Although we may think this version of Elvis makes sense, it is the overwhelming power of the totemic cipher of the Elvis legend that means we might not even question why he is pointing a gun rather than a guitar. Thus Warhol interrogates the limits of the popular visual vernacular, posing vital questions of collective perception and cognition in contemporary society. The notion that this self-determinedly iconic painting shows an artificial paradigm is compounded by Warhol's enlistment of a reflective metallic surface, a treatment he reserved for his most important portraits of Elvis, Marilyn, Marlon and Liz. Here the synthetic chemical silver paint becomes allegory for the manufacture of the Elvis product, and directly anticipates the artist's 1968 statement: "Everything is sort of artificial. I don't know where the artificial stops and the real starts. The artificial fascinates me, the bright and shiny..." (Artist quoted in Exh. Cat., Stockholm, Moderna Museet and traveling, Andy Warhol, 1968, n.p.). At the same time, the shiny silver paint of Double Elvis unquestionably denotes the glamour of the silver screen and the attractive fantasies of cinema. At exactly this time in the summer of 1963 Warhol bought his first movie camera and produced his first films such as Sleep, Kiss and Tarzan and Jane Regained. Although the absence of plot or narrative convention in these movies was a purposely anti-Hollywood gesture, the unattainability of classic movie stardom still held profound allure and resonance for Warhol. He remained a celebrity and film fanatic, and it was exactly this addiction that so qualifies his sensational critique of the industry machinations behind the stars he adored. Double Elvis was executed less than eighteen months after he had created 32 Campbell's Soup Cans for his immortal show at the Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles in July and August 1962, and which is famously housed in the Museum of Modern Art, New York. In the intervening period he had produced the series Dollar Bills, Coca-Cola Bottles, Suicides, Disasters, and Silver Electric Chairs, all in addition to the portrait cycles of Marilyn and Liz. This explosive outpouring of astonishing artistic invention stands as definitive testament to Warhol's aptitude to seize the most potent images of his time. He recognized that not only the product itself, but also the means of consumption - in this case society's abandoned deification of Elvis - was symptomatic of a new mode of existence. As Heiner Bastian has precisely summated: "the aura of utterly affirmative idolization already stands as a stereotype of a 'consumer-goods style' expression of an American way of life and of the mass-media culture of a nation." (Exh. Cat., Berlin, Neue Nationalgalerie (and traveling), Andy Warhol: Retrospective, 2001, p. 28). For Warhol, the act of image replication and multiplication anaesthetized the effect of the subject, and while he had undermined the potency of wealth in 200 One Dollar Bills, and cheated the terror of death by electric chair in Silver Disaster # 6, the proliferation of Elvis here emasculates a prefabricated version of character authenticity. Here the cinematic quality of variety within unity is apparent in the degrees to which Presley's arm and gun become less visible to the left of the canvas. The sense of movement is further enhanced by a sense of receding depth as the viewer is presented with the ghost like repetition of the figure in the left of the canvas, a 'jump effect' in the screening process that would be replicated in the multiple Elvis paintings. The seriality of the image heightens the sense of a moving image, displayed for us like the unwinding of a reel of film. Elvis was central to Warhol's legendary solo exhibition organized by Irving Blum at the Ferus Gallery in the Fall of 1963 - the show having been conceived around the Elvis paintings since at least May of that year. A well-known installation photograph shows the present work prominently presented among the constant reel of canvases, designed to fill the space as a filmic diorama. While the Elvis canvases...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

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2010s Pop Art Paintings

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