Pop Art Abstract Photography
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
- Started in Britain in the 1950s, flourished in 1960s-era America
- “This is Tomorrow,” at London's Whitechapel Gallery in 1956, was reportedly the first Pop art exhibition
- A reaction to postwar mass consumerism
- Transitioning away from Abstract Expressionism
- Informed by neo-Dada and artists such as Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg; influenced postmodernism and Photorealism
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
- Richard Hamilton
- Andy Warhol
- Marta Minujín
- Claes Oldenburg
- Eduardo Paolozzi
- Rosalyn Drexler
- James Rosenquist
- Peter Blake
- Roy Lichtenstein
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
Eternal Recurrence #17. Large limited edition color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Zupan combines images from old masters, alchemical prints, contemporary artists, and bits from magazines and newspapers to create overlapping, intersecting worlds of transparencies a...
Category
2010s Pop Art Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color
Eternal Recurrence #3. Large limited edition color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Zupan combines images from old masters, alchemical prints, contemporary artists, and bits from magazines and newspapers to create overlapping, intersecting worlds of transparencies a...
Category
2010s Pop Art Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
"FS30B" Abstract Photography 40" x 40" inch Ed. 1/10 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"FS30B" Abstract Photography 40" x 40" inch Ed. 1/10 by Giuliano Bekor
Facescape Series
Title of artwork: FS30B
Year: 2014
Printed on a high-quality museum-grade archival photo pape...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
Eternal Recurrence #44. Large limited edition color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Zupan combines images from old masters, alchemical prints, contemporary artists, and bits from magazines and newspapers to create overlapping, intersecting worlds of transparencies a...
Category
2010s Pop Art Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Eternal Recurrence #27. Large limited edition color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Zupan combines images from old masters, alchemical prints, contemporary artists, and bits from magazines and newspapers to create overlapping, intersecting worlds of transparencies a...
Category
2010s Pop Art Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Eternal Recurrence #9, Large limited edition color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Zupan combines images from old masters, alchemical prints, contemporary artists, and bits from magazines and newspapers to create overlapping, intersecting worlds of transparencies a...
Category
2010s Pop Art Abstract Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
"M47-48-49 Triptych" Abstract Photography Edition 3/10 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"M47-48-49 Triptych" Abstract Photography Edition 3/10 by Giuliano Bekor
Title of artwork: M47-48-49 Triptych
Year: 2012
Printed on a high-quality museum-grade archival photo paper....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
Eternal Recurrence #48. Photo collage with intervention
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Zupan combines images from old masters, alchemical prints, contemporary artists, and bits from magazines and newspapers to create overlapping, intersecting worlds of transparencies a...
Category
2010s Pop Art Abstract Photography
Materials
Paint, Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Photographic Paper
"Modernismo M37" Pop Art Photography 48"x48" in Edition 3/12 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"Modernismo M37" Pop Art Photography 48"x48" in Edition 3/12 by Giuliano Bekor
Title of artwork: M37
Inspired by Piet Mondrian artwork
Year: 2012
Printed on a high-quality museum-gr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
Vinyl Collection, Nine Piece B Side Installation (no.3) - Pop Art Color Photo
Located in Cambridge, GB
Acclaimed contemporary photographers, Richard Heeps and Natasha Heidler have collaborated to make this beautifully mesmerising collection. A celebration of the vinyl record and analo...
Category
2010s Pop Art Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Eternal Recurrence #42. Large limited edition color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Eternal Recurrence #42 by Natasha Zupan
Archival pigment print on photographic paper
Image size: 60 in. H x 53.5 in. W
Edition of 5
2015
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Category
2010s Pop Art Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
Eternal Recurrence #2. Large limited edition color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Zupan combines images from old masters, alchemical prints, contemporary artists, and bits from magazines and newspapers to create overlapping, intersecting worlds of transparencies a...
Category
2010s Pop Art Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment
"M21A" Abstract Photography 48" x 48" inch Edition 1/10 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"M21A" Abstract Photography 48" x 48" inch Edition 1/10 by Giuliano Bekor
Metamorphosis series.
Title of artwork M21A
Year: 2011
Medium: Photography
Print size: 48x48 Inches trim bl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"FS24" Abstract Photography 40" x 40" inch Ed. 1/10 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"FS24" Abstract Photography 40" x 40" inch Ed. 1/10 by Giuliano Bekor
Facescape Series
Title of artwork: FS24
Year: 2014
Printed on a high-quality museum-grade archival photo paper....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
"M20A" Abstract Photography 48" x 48" inch Edition 1/10 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"M20A" Abstract Photography 48" x 48" inch Edition 1/10 by Giuliano Bekor
Metamorphosis series.
Title of artwork M20A
Year: 2011
Medium: Photography
Print size: 48x48 Inches trim bl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Emulsion 23" Photography 48'x48' inch Edition of 10 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"Emulsion 23" Photography 48'x48' inch Edition of 10 by Giuliano Bekor
Emulsion series.
Title of artwork: EM23
Year: 2010
Print size: 48x48 Inches trim bleed
Rarity: Limited edition...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital
"Acacia ARW11-TR" Abstract Photography 48"x48" in Edition 1/4 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"Acacia ARW11-TR" Abstract Photography 48"x48" in Edition 1/4 by Giuliano Bekor
Acacia series
Title of artwork: ARW11-TR
Year: 2020
Printed on a high-quality museum-grade archival p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
"Emulsion 8" Portrait Photography 40'x40' inch Edition of 10 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"Emulsion 8" Portrait Photography 40'x40' inch Edition of 10 by Giuliano Bekor
Printed on fujiflex mounted on aluminum laminated and framed with a costume floater frame.
EMULSION ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Abstract Photography
Materials
Laminate, Digital
"Emulsion 15" Abstract Photography 48' x 48' in Edition of 10 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"Emulsion 15" Abstract Photography 48' x 48' in Edition of 10 by Giuliano Bekor
Emulsion Series
Title of artwork: EM15
Year: 2010
Medium: Photography
Print size: 48x48 Inches trim b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Abstract Photography
Materials
Digital
"M40" Abstract Photography 60" x 60" inch Edition of 10 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"M40" Abstract Photography 60" x 60" inch Edition of 10 by Giuliano Bekor
Modernismo series
Title of artwork: M40
Year: 2012
Medium: Photography
Print size: 60x60 Inches trim bleed
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
"Butterfly 10" Abstract Photography 50" x 40" in Edition 1/8 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"Butterfly 10" Abstract Photography 50" x 40" in Edition 1/8 by Giuliano Bekor
Title: Butterfly B10
Year: 2012
Print size: 50" x 40" Inch
Edition: 1/8
Artist proof: 2
Medium: This a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Modernismo M1" Abstract Photography 40" x 40" in Ed. 3/20 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"Modernismo M1" Abstract Photography 40" x 40" in Ed. 3/20 by Giuliano Bekor
Print size 40x40 Inches trim bleed
Artwork finished size 42x42 Inches
Limited edition 3 of 20
Artist ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
"Modernismo M28" Photography 48"x48" in Edition of 12 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"Modernismo M28" Photography 48"x48" in Edition of 12 by Giuliano Bekor
Title of artwork: M28
Year: 2012
Printed on a high-quality museum-grade archival photo paper. Not framed.
Pri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
"Butterfly 12" Abstract Photography 24" x 24" in Edition 1/24 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"Butterfly 12" Abstract Photography 24" x 24" in Edition 1/24 by Giuliano Bekor
Title: Butterfly B12
Year: 2018
Print size: 24" x 24" Inch
Edition: 1/24
Artist proof: 2
Medium:
A...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Abstract Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Pigment, Plexiglass
"Acacia ARM4" Abstract Photography 48"x48" in Edition 1/4 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"Acacia ARM4" Abstract Photography 48"x48" in Edition 1/4 by Giuliano Bekor
Acacia series
Title of artwork: ARM4
Year: 2020
Printed on a high-quality museum-grade archival photo pap...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
"Emulsion 13" (FRAMED) Photography 40" x 40" in Edition of 20 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"Emulsion 13" (FRAMED) Photography 40" x 40" in Edition of 20 by Giuliano Bekor
Title: Emulsion EM13
Year: 2018
Print size: 40" x 40" Inch
Artwork finished size: 42" x 42" Inch
Ed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Abstract Photography
Materials
Laminate, Digital
"Modernismo M2" Abstract Photography 40" x 80" inch Ed. 2/10 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"Modernismo M2" Abstract Photography 40" x 80" inch Ed. 2/10 by Giuliano Bekor
Print size 40x80 Inches trim bleed
Artwork finished size 42x82 Inches
Limited edition 2 of 10
Artis...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Abstract Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
"M51" (FRAMED) Abstract Photography 60" x 60" in Edition of 10 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"M51" (FRAMED) Abstract Photography 60" x 60" in Edition of 10 by Giuliano Bekor
Print size 60x60 Inches trim bleed
Artwork finished size 62x62 Inches
Limited edition 1 of 10
Arti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Plexiglass
"Acacia ARW14" Abstract Photography 60"x48" in Edition 1/4 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"Acacia ARW14" Abstract Photography 60"x48" in Edition 1/4 by Giuliano Bekor
Acacia series
Title of artwork: ARW14
Year: 2020
Printed on a high-quality museum-grade archival photo p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper
"Emulsion 12" (FRAMED) Photography 40" x 40" inch Edition 2/20 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"Emulsion 12" (FRAMED) Photography 40" x 40" inch Edition 2/20 by Giuliano Bekor
Title: Emulsion EM12
Year: 2018
Print size: 40" x 40" Inch
Artwork finished size: 42" x 42" Inch
E...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Abstract Photography
Materials
Laminate, Archival Paper, Digital
Giuliano Bekor"Emulsion 12" (FRAMED) Photography 40" x 40" inch Edition 2/20 by Giuliano Bekor, 2018
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"Emulsion 10" (FRAMED) Photography 48" x 72" inch Edition 1/6 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"Emulsion 10" (FRAMED) Photography 48" x 72" inch Edition 1/6 by Giuliano Bekor
Print size 48x72 Inches
Artwork finished size 48.5x72.5 Inches
Limited edition 1 of 6
Artist proof 2...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Abstract Photography
Materials
Laminate, Archival Paper, Digital
"Emulsion 6" (FRAMED) Photography 40" x 40" inch Edition 3/20 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"Emulsion 6" (FRAMED) Photography 40" x 40" inch Edition 3/20 by Giuliano Bekor
Size: 40" x 40" inch
Size framed: 42" x 42" inch
This artwork printed on a highest resolution fine ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Abstract Photography
Materials
Laminate, Digital, Archival Paper
"Modernismo 49" Photography 40"x40" inch Edition of 20 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"Modernismo 49" Photography 40"x40" inch Edition of 20 by Giuliano Bekor
Archival pigment print mounted on dibond.
Custom frame comes with non-reflective museum plexiglass
MODERNISSIMO series
Modernismo was conceived between 2012 and 2014 as a series of pure photography, marrying elements of the historical pop art movement and raw, undulating forms of the human body. Patterns become the focal point as lines of the body become the canvas. Rooted in high fash- ion, Modernismo celebrates optical illusion coupled with vibrant color, within a unique and malleable interpretation. Bekor focused on creating a series of intrigue and minimalism, working with classical elements of black and white photography and playing on the vulnerabilities of his subject matter. Images composed of unique lighting, contrasting colors, and bare skin evoke drama and sensuality within the series.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Internationally recognized photographer, Giuliano Bekor, holds a portfolio that includes work from the realms of fashion, beauty, celebrity, advertising, and fine art.
Giuliano’s photography has been featured in top publications around the globe, and his client list includes an endless file of beauty industry leaders, advertising agencies, celebrities, producers, and artists.
With 30 years in the industry, Giuliano has perfected his craft to an exceptional level of expertise. Composed of light, color, space and form, Giuliano brings ideas conceptualized in his own imagination into reality throughout his work.
Currently living between New York and Los Angeles, Giuliano is often on the move traveling for work and inspiration. Always the restless visionary, he ceases to continually express his fresh and nuanced style.
For Giuliano Bekor, a photograph is an image that comes into being consciously, composed of light, color, space and form. Like a painter, he sketches, refining ideas through pen and pencil well before the shutter clicks. A camera is strictly a means to an end, a way of making a palpable visual record of an idea that gestates in his mind, gains shape by his hand, and resolves through his eye as it peers through the lens.
His subject is the human body, almost always nude. These images delve into the splendor of the body - how it can express the inner meaning of who we are. Limbs, torsos, muscles and bones are exposed as though carved out of a supple, glowing stone that flexes and twists. Many of these photographs feature subjects posed with the eyes obscured, the face covered.
If we look closely, Bekor says, we can see that the body is as much a window into the soul as the eyes. This is a gallery of the soul etched into the forms we assume in the physical world. Through exaggerated contrast between light and dark, smooth and textured, vaporous and tactile, Giuliano deliberately filters the extraneous.
The camera captures the image, but for Bekor each exposure is a transformation - of himself, his subjects, and us. He is digging into uneasy turf, fraught with tension: masculine/feminine, heroic/cowardly, shameless/shameful, eternal/fleeting. The intensity of detail, the fiercely exquisite perfection of the bodies themselves, the unflinching, scrupulous engagement of the lens, negates all pretense of politeness. Confronted, we are summoned to look. So we must. And we do. And we experience the beautiful human forms we inhabit and the silent, eloquent language they speak.
EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS
Giuliano Bekor’s most recent fine art photography solo shows include:
2019 - March Lips The cool HeArt...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
"LB34" Abstract Photography 72" x 48" inch Edition of 4 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"LB34" Abstract Photography 72" x 48" inch Edition of 4 by Giuliano Bekor
2018
Printed on fujiflex mounted on aluminum + Laminate
Custom Gallery Floater Frame
TRANSCENDENCE series...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Abstract Photography
Materials
Metal
Pop Art abstract photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Pop Art abstract photography available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add abstract photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Natasha Zupan, Giuliano Bekor, Andy Warhol, and Heidler & Heeps. Frequently made by artists working with Archival Pigment Print, and Paper and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Pop Art abstract photography, so small editions measuring 8 inches across are also available. Prices for abstract photography made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $520 and tops out at $23,500, while the average work sells for $5,000.