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Pop Art Color 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

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
Three Framed Salton Sea Artworks - American Landscape Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Three Framed Salton Sea Photographs. A collection of blue hued landscapes and waterscapes from Richard Heeps travels, American road trips shooting his ...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Color Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Vinyl Collection Nine Piece Multicolor Installation - Multicolor Pop Art Photo
Located in Cambridge, GB
Heidler & Heeps Vinyl Collection Nine Piece Multicolor Installation. Acclaimed contemporary photographers, Richard Heeps and Natasha Heidler have collaborated to make this beautifull...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Tape Collection Six Individual Artworks - Contemporary Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
The Heidler & Heeps collaborations are creative representations of Natasha Heidler and Richard Heeps’, personal past and their personalities. Tapes are significant in both their live...
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2010s Pop Art Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Rudolf Nureyev photographed for 'After Dark', signed by Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
13 x 19" archival pigment color print of Rudolf Nureyev, Soviet-born dancer of ballet and modern dance, photographed for 'After Dark' magazine in New York City on Christmas Day 1975....
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1970s Pop Art Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Limbo From The Series "Arte Erotica". Digital figurative photo collage
By Alen Opsar
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Limbo, 2018 From The Series Of Arte Erotica by Alen Opsar Archival pigment print AP Portraying herself like virgin mother to society, her soul wanders in Limbo to find and to accept...
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2010s Pop Art Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment

Fun Loving Criminals by BATIK signed limited edition POP ART
Located in London, GB
Fun Loving Criminals by BATIK signed limited edition POP ART print Paper Size Oversize 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm Signed & numbered by artist on front Archival Pigment print Li...
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2010s Pop Art Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Acting Tough by BATIK signed limited edition POP ART
Located in London, GB
Acting Tough by BATIK signed limited edition POP ART print Paper Size Oversize 24 x 20" inches / 61 x 51 cm Signed & numbered by artist on front Archival Pigment print Limited t...
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2010s Pop Art Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Under Water (The Last Picture Show)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Under Water (The Last Picture Show), 2001, 20x20cm. Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventor...
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1990s Pop Art Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Dice Series 16 Piece Multicolor 'Twos' Installation - Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Heidler & Heeps Dice Series Sixteen Piece Multicolor 'Twos' Square Installation. The number Two Dice, a symbol of balance and harmony, is repeated creating ...
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2010s Pop Art Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Patti LuPone 'Anything Goes' Dance Magazine Cover 17 x 22" Exhibition Photograph
Located in Senoia, GA
This photograph of diva Patti LuPone, choreographer Michael Smuin and the cast of Broadway hit 'Anything Goes' was taken in 1987 for the cover of Dance Ma...
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1980s Pop Art Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Vinyl Collection 'Made in France' - Orange Pop art color photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
Made in France, from the Heidler & Heeps Vinyl Collection. Acclaimed contemporary photographers, Richard Heeps and Natasha Heidler have collaborated to make this beautifully mesmeri...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Dream in Colour - Pool Installation - American Blue Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Richard Heeps Dream in Color 'Pool Installation'. A set of nine individual artworks, vibrant yet serene they take you on a journey through California & Nevada through the eyes of the...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Color Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Jasper Johns and Leo Castelli, legendary Pop artist and his dealer, FRAMED
By Hans Namuth
Located in New York, NY
Hans Namuth Jasper Johns and Leo Castelli, ca. 1985 Color Photograph Frame included Provenance: from the Marjorie and Anselm Talalay collection, Cleveland, OH. Rare original color p...
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1980s Pop Art Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Tape Collection Set of Nine Small Framed Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
The Heidler & Heeps collaborations are creative representations of Natasha Heidler and Richard Heeps’, personal past and their personalities. Tapes are significant in both their live...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

WC, Ho Chi Minh City - Vietnamese Interior Color Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
WC, a kitsch vintage sign captured in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. This artwork has a beautiful balance of neutral colour tones, texture and typography. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Vinyl Collection Nine Piece Multicolor Installation - Multicolor Pop Art Photo
Located in Cambridge, GB
Heidler & Heeps Vinyl Collection Nine Piece Multicolor Installation. Acclaimed contemporary photographers, Richard Heeps and Natasha Heidler have collaborated to make this beautifull...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Vinyl Collection Nine Piece Multicolor Installation - Multicolor Pop Art Photo
Located in Cambridge, GB
Heidler & Heeps Vinyl Collection Nine Piece Multicolor Installation. Acclaimed contemporary photographers, Richard Heeps and Natasha Heidler have collaborated to make this beautifull...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

ICES - Six Framed Artworks - Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
ICES - Six Framed Artworks, Photographs by Richard Heeps. Select your color pairing. ICES, by Richard Heeps, photographed at the British Seaside at the end of summer 2020. This artw...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

La Concha on the Strip, Las Vegas - American Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
'La Concha on the Strip (day)', captured by Richard Heeps for his 'Dream in Colour' series, before its closure in 2004. The iconic architecture of the La Concha Motel in Las Vegas, designed by Paul...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Telephone VII, Ballantines Movie Colony, Palm Springs, California
Located in Cambridge, GB
Part of Richard Heeps 'Dream in Colour' Series, this cool Palm Springs interiors picture featuring a vintage telephone on a nightstand combines gorgeous colours and dreamy nostalgic ...
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2010s Pop Art Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Darth Elvis - Oversize Supergiant limited edition - Darth Vader Elvis Pop Art
Located in London, GB
Darth Elvis - Oversize limited edition - Darth Vader Elvis Pop Art Mint Archival pigment print by the London based contemporary pop art image creator and artist, BATIK. Measures...
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2010s Pop Art Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Lavender Marilyn - Signed limited edition Pop Art - Marilyn Monroe
Located in London, GB
Lavender Marilyn Oversize Signed limited edition - Pop Art - Marilyn Monroe by the London based contemporary pop art image creator and artist, BATIK. Measures approximately 30 x ...
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2010s Pop Art Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Andy Warhol, Polaroid Photograph of OJ Simpson Holding a Football, 1977
Located in Santa Monica, CA
O.J. Simpson is a former NFL running back who played for the San Francisco 49ers. Following his retirement from football, he went on to have a successful acting career before making international news headlines as the defendant in a high-profile criminal trial for the murder of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown...
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1970s Pop Art Color Photography

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Polaroid

Vinyl Collection 'Press Conference' - Purple pop art color photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
Press Conference, from the Heidler & Heeps Vinyl Collection. Acclaimed contemporary photographers, Richard Heeps and Natasha Heidler have collaborated to m...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Wasted Sunset Smoggy Purple - Vibrant Palm Tree Pop Photography Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Marco Pittori has always worked with photography. He uses either his own or licensed photographs, such as photographs from the renowned Los Angeles photographer Brad Elterman. "Brad’s photos provide a rare, often raunchy glimpse into a rock and roll history where it seems Brad is always at the right place at the right time, camera ready.” Pittori collects and edits the images, adding additional points of interest throughout the photograph. Marco Pittori was born 1978. He lives and works in Switzerland and has been exhibiting internationally since 1999. This artwork is a colorful depiction of the palm-lined streets of Los Angeles. This mixed media artwork has been created through a combination of screen printing and painting. Convenient local Los Angeles shipping and affordable international shipping also available. A certificate of authenticity issued by Artspace Warehouse is included. Pittori's work has been collected and exhibited internationally since 1999. Some of his public collectors include the Ramones Museum in Berlin, the Bank of Baselland, and the Gunter Sachs Collection. Public Works / Collections 2013 Sammlung Basellandschaftliche Kantonalbank, Liestal 2013 Sammlung Migros Bank, Base 2012 Ramones Museum, Berlin 2012 Sammlung Arthur Cohn 2011 Nachlass Sammlung Gunter Sachs 2008 / 2010 Rist management, Switzerland 2006 Gruner AG, Basel 2006 Psychiaterische services, Liestal, Switzerland 2005 Bank of Baselland, Liestal, Switzerland 2004 / 2007 Birshof clinic, Münchenstein, Switzerland 2003/2004/2005 Kantonalbank Baselland, Liestal, Switzerland 2002 / 2004 Cantonal Hospital, Liestal, Switzerland Solo Exhibitions (selection) 2012 Sichtbar Hamburg, kuratiert von Cosma Shiva Hagen 2011 Arlesheim Apartments 2010 Galerie Eulenspiegel "Cafe Dallas", Basel, Switzerland 2007 Galerie Louise Grossenbach, Winterthur, Switzerland 2004 / 2006 Coop, Muttenz, Switzerland 2002 / 2004 Cantonal Hospital, Liestal, Switzerland 2002 Castle fields estate, Basel, Switzerland 1999 Pathologie, Basel, Switzerland Group Exhibitions (selection) 2013 Gallery Lumas, Zurich, Vienna, Munich 2013 Cultural Association Muttenz, Switzerland 2013 Peach Editions, New York 2013 Galerie Hamburg Kennedy, New York 2012 Galerie Eulenspiegel "Nude Hollywood", Basel, Switzerland 2011 Galerie Zero, Art Plan-B Project, Berlin, Germany 2011 Kunst und Stadthalle Zug, "Pop Art in Zug", Switzerland 2011 Galerie Ohne Titel, Winterthur, Switzerland 2011 Artspace Warehouse, Basel Junction L.A., Los Angeles 2010 Gallery Lumas, New York 2010 Kunstwarenhaus, Zurich, Switzerland 2010 Workshop Wolfensberger, Atelier Exhibition with Dominique Lämmli, Celcile Wick, Samuel Burri, Switzerland 2010 International Symposium on lithography, Tidaholm, Sweden 2010 "pop art train" with Sam Shaw...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Color Photography

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Mixed Media, Archival Paper

Stamp Collection, 1864 Hamburg (Blue Mosaic German Stamps) - Pop Art Color Photo
Located in Cambridge, GB
Hamburg Blue Mosaic, from the Heidler & Heeps German Stamp Collection. The details in these historic postage stamps are brought to life, given a twenty-fi...
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2010s Pop Art Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

B Side Vinyl Collection - Side Two!! (Congo Pink) - Pop Art Color Photography
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...
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2010s Pop Art Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Creature from the Black Lagoon
Located in Cambridge, GB
Richard captured the movie icon 'Creature from the Black Lagoon' when he was commissioned to document Preston Hall Museum in 2009 before...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Vinyl Collection 'All Rights Reserved (Seafoam)' - Pop art color photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
All Rights Reserved (Seafoam), from the Heidler & Heeps Vinyl Collection. Acclaimed contemporary photographers, Richard Heeps and Natasha Heidler have coll...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Vinyl Collection 'Other Side (Blue)' - Pop art color photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
Other Side (Blue), from the Heidler & Heeps Vinyl Collection. Acclaimed contemporary photographers, Richard Heeps and Natasha Heidler have collaborated to ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Tape Collection B Side Set of Three Small Framed Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
The Heidler & Heeps collaborations are creative representations of Natasha Heidler and Richard Heeps’, personal past and their personalities. Tapes are significant in both their live...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Coca-Cola, Phoenix, Arizona - American pop art color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
This artwork is one of Richard's many iconic Coca-Cola signs; this one captured in the So-Cal Speed Shop in Phoenix, Arizona has an interesting raw distressed quality. The typical Co...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Vinyl Collection Blues Trio - Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
This listing is for three blue artworks from the Heidler & Heeps Vinyl Collection. Acclaimed contemporary photographers, Richard Heeps and Nata...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Heidler & Heeps Vinyl Collection Green, Pink, Orange Set of Three Framed
Located in Cambridge, GB
Heidler & Heeps Vinyl Collection Set of Three Framed Artworks. Acclaimed contemporary photographers, Richard Heeps and Natasha Heidler have coll...
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2010s Pop Art Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Vinyl Collection Set of Four Small Framed Multi-color Pop Art Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Heidler & Heeps Vinyl Collection. Acclaimed contemporary photographers, Richard Heeps and Natasha Heidler have collaborated to make this beautifully mesmerising collection. A bold mu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Salt, Pepper & Vinegar, Clacton-on-Sea - Still Life Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Salt, Pepper and Vinegar make up this still life photograph, taken in a Clacton-on-Sea cafe at the seaside in the year of the great British staycation. It has been taken in true Rich...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

I have A Dream by BATIK signed limited edition ABBA pop art
Located in London, GB
I Have A Dream - Portrait Of Agneta Fältskog by BATIK signed limited edition POP ART print Paper Size Oversize 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm Signed & numbered by artist on front Arc...
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2010s Pop Art Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Tape Collection - Tinted Oval Window Cassette - Conceptual Color Music Art
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Tinted Oval Window Cassette' from the Heidler & Heeps Tape Collection. The Heidler & Heeps collaborations are creative representations of Natasha Heidler and Richard Heeps’ personal...
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2010s Pop Art Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Milan Street Photography Set of Four Artworks
Located in Cambridge, GB
Four artworks by Richard Heeps capturing the streets of Milan. From Richard Heeps series, 'A Short History of Milan' which began in November 2018 for a special project featuring at t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Jimi Hendrix at the Monterey Pop Festival by Jill Gibson
By Jill Gibson
Located in Austin, TX
June 16th marked the 55-year anniversary of Monterey Pop Festival, remembered for the first major appearances of Jimi Hendrix, the Who and Ravi Shankar, the first large-scale performance of Janis Joplin and the introduction of Otis Redding...
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1960s Pop Art Color Photography

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Archival Paper

Tape Collection Four Individual Artworks - Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
The Heidler & Heeps collaborations are creative representations of Natasha Heidler and Richard Heeps’, personal past and their personalities. Tapes are significant in both their live...
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2010s Pop Art Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Motel Entrance II, Salton Sea, California - Mid-Century Architecture Color Photo
Located in Cambridge, GB
Classic mid-century architecture in this artwork from the Salton Sea California. Rich blues, palm trees with pops of orange create the perfect palette with the Agfa Ultra film rebate...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Vinyl Collection 8 Piece Multicolor Installation - Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Heidler & Heeps B Side Vinyl Collection Eight Piece Multicolor Installation. Acclaimed contemporary photographers, Richard Heeps and Natasha Heidler...
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2010s Pop Art Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Ladies, Wildwood, New Jersey - American Interior Color Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
Ladies, photograph by Richard Heeps, from his Jersey Shore series. Taken in Wildwood, the historic Doo-Wop Town of New Jersey, this kitsch signage is perfect Pop Art and is typical o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Untitled (from ROBOTNICS Series)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Christian Rothmann ROBOTNICS Series C-Print 2019 Edition S (Edition of 10) 12 x 8.3 inches (30.5 x 21 cm) Signed, dated and numbered verso Other Edition Sizes available: - Edition M (Edition of 6) 35.4 x 23.6 inches (90 x 60 cm) - Edition L (Edition of 6) 47.2 x 31.5 inches (120 x 80 cm) - Edition XL (Edition of 3) 88.8 x 58.8 inches (225 x 150 cm) PUR - Price Upon Request -------------- Since 1979 Christian Rothmann had more than 40 solo and 80 group exhibitions worldwide. Christian Rothmann had guest lectures, residencies, art fairs and biennials in Europe, Japan, USA, Australia and Korea. Christian Rothmann (born 1954 in Kędzierzyn, Poland ) is a painter, photographer, and graphic artist.⁠ ⁠ In 1976 he first studied at the “Hochschule für Gestaltung” in Offenbach, Germany and moved to Berlin in 1977, where he graduated in 1983 at the “Hochschule der Künste”. From 1983 to 1995 he taught at the university as a lecturer and as an artist with a focus on screenprinting and American art history. To date, a versatile body of work has been created, which includes not only paintings but also long-standing photo projects, videos, and public art.⁠ ⁠ Guest lectures, teaching assignments, scholarships and exhibitions regularly lead Rothmann to travel home and abroad.⁠ ------------------------ Rothmann's Robots These creatures date back to another era, and they connect the past and the future. They were found by Christian Rothmann, a Berlin artist, collector and traveler through time and the world: In shops in Germany and Japan, Israel and America, his keen eye picks out objects cast aside by previous generations, but which lend themselves to his own work. In a similar way, he came across a stash of historic toy robots of varied provenance collected by a Berlin gallery owner many years ago. Most of them were screwed and riveted together in the 1960s and 70s by Metal House, a Japanese company that still exists today. In systematically photographing these humanoids made of tin - and later plastic - Rothmann is paraphrasing the idea of appropriation art. Unknown names designed and made the toys, which some five decades on, Rothmann depicts and emblematizes in his extensive photo sequence. In their photographs of Selim Varol's vast toy collection, his German colleagues Daniel and Geo Fuchs captured both the stereotypical and individual in plastic figures that imitate superheroes which were and still are generally manufactured somewhere in Asia. Christian Rothmann looks his robots deep in their artificially stylized, painted or corrugated eyes - or more aptly, their eye slits - and although each has a certain degree of individuality, the little figures remain unknown to us; they project nothing and are not alter egos. Rothmann trains his lens on their faces and expressions, and thus, his portraits are born. Up extremely close, dust, dents, and rust become visible. In other words, what we see is time-traces of time that has passed since the figures were made, or during their period in a Berlin attic, and - considering that he robots date back to Rothmann's childhood - time lived by the photographer and recipients of his pictures. But unlike dolls, these mechanical robots bear no reference to the ideal of beauty at the time of their manufacture, and their features are in no way modeled on a concrete child's face. In this art project the robots appear as figures without a context, photographed face-on, cropped in front of a neutral background and reduced to their qualities of form. But beyond the reproduction and documentation a game with surfaces is going on; our view lingers on the outer skin of the object, or on the layer over it. The inside - which can be found beneath - is to an extent metaphysical, occurring inside the observer's mind. Only rarely is there anything to see behind the robot's helmet. When an occasional human face does peer out, it turns the figure into a robot-like protective casing for an astronaut of the future. If we really stop and think about modern toys, let's say those produced from the mid 20th century, when Disney and Marvel films were already stimulating a massive appetite for merchandising, the question must be: do such fantasy and hybrid creatures belong, does something like artificial intelligence already belong to the broader community of humans and animals? It is already a decade or two since the wave of Tamagotchis washed in from Japan, moved children to feed and entertain their newly born electronic chicks in the way they would a real pet, or to run the risk of seeing them die. It was a new form of artificial life, but the relationship between people and machines becomes problematic when the machines or humanoid robots have excellent fine motor skills and artificial intelligence and sensitivity on a par with, or even greater than that of humans. Luckily we have not reached that point yet, even if Hollywood adaptations would have us believe we are not far away. Rothmann's robots are initially sweet toys, and each toy is known to have a different effect on children and adults. They are conceived by (adult) designers as a means of translating or retelling history or reality through miniature animals, knights, and soldiers. In the case of monsters, mythical creatures, and robots, it is more about creating visions of the future and parallel worlds. Certainly, since the success of fantasy books and films such as Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit, we see the potential for vast enthusiasm for such parallel worlds. Successful computer and online games such as World of Warcraft...
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2010s Pop Art Color Photography

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C Print

Hong Kong Stamp Collection, HK$1 - Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
HK$1, from the Heidler & Heeps Stamp Collection Hong Kong Series. The fine detailed tapestry of the original small postage stamp has been brought to life, made unique by the franking...
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2010s Pop Art Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

The Silver State - Vintage Las Vegas, American Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
The Silver State, a classic yellow Cadillac, captured by Richard Heeps while at Viva Las Vegas 2001, where he was photographing for Classic American maga...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Ohh Baby ! - Hand Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Ohh Baby ! - Hand Signed Limited Edition - Pop Art - Kate Moss Archival Pigment Print BATÍK is a London based contemporary pop art image creator and artist. Measures 40 x 30 inc...
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2010s Pop Art Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Liberace's Piano, Las Vegas - American Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Liberace's Piano' from Richard Heeps 'Dream in Colour' Series. Richard captured one of Liberace's piano's in a private home, it has a an archetypal fun, kitsch, Las Vegas feel. Th...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Tape Collection - Yellow Tinted Cassette - Conceptual Color Music Art
Located in Cambridge, GB
Yellow Tinted Cassette from the Heidler & Heeps Tape Collection. The Heidler & Heeps collaborations are creative representations of Natasha Heidler and Richard Heeps’ personal past a...
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2010s Pop Art Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Cadillac at the Drive-In, Goodwood - Vintage Lifestyle Color Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
Vintage Americana inspired Drive-In movie theatre, from the glamorous Goodwood Revival, featuring a classic Cadillac and Marilyn Monroe on the big sc...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

NOMAD, New York, NINE - American architectural color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Nomad, New York', artwork by Richard Heeps featuring a time-lapse of the iconic art deco Empire State building in the mist. Photographed in New York City in 2017, he executed this i...
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2010s Pop Art Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Double Take Blue Green - Framed Vibrant Pop Photography Art in Beverly Hills
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Marco Pittori creates vibrant artworks that pay homage to the mesmerizing images of Brad Elterman and the mythic culture of 1970’s Hollywood. By using li...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper

Vinyl Collection 20 Piece Multi-Color Installation - Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Heidler & Heeps Vinyl Collection Twenty Piece Multi-Color Installation. Acclaimed contemporary photographers, Richard Heeps and Natasha Heidler have collaborated to make this beautif...
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2010s Pop Art Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Tape Collection - Pink Tinted Cassette - Conceptual Color Music Pop Art
Located in Cambridge, GB
Pink Tinted Cassette from the Heidler & Heeps Tape Collection. The Heidler & Heeps collaborations are creative representations of Natasha Heidler and Richard Heeps’ personal past and...
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2010s Pop Art Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

'International', Ely, Nevada - After the Gold Rush Series - Americana Photo
Located in Cambridge, GB
This piece captures the classic American Truck in combination with the classic American Lifestyle with the cool Bowl Sign. The colours and subject create perfect Americana Pop Art Ph...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Darth Bowie - Oversize limited edition - Pop Art - Darth Vader David Bowie
Located in London, GB
Darth Bowie 2022 by B A T I K Oversize limited edition - Pop Art Mint Archival pigment print by the London based contemporary pop art image creator an...
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2010s Pop Art Color Photography

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Color, Archival Pigment

Vinyl Collection Twelve Piece Installation - Pop Art MultiColor Photo
Located in Cambridge, GB
Heidler & Heeps Vinyl Collection Twelve Piece Multicolor Installation. Acclaimed contemporary photographers, Richard Heeps and Natasha Heidler have collaborated to make this beautifu...
Category

2010s Pop Art Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Pop Art color photography for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Pop Art color 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 color 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, pink, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Sally Davies, Heidler & Heeps, Richard Heeps, and Andy Warhol. Frequently made by artists working with C 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 color photography, so small editions measuring 3.25 inches across are also available. Prices for color 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 $193 and tops out at $119,950, while the average work sells for $1,920.

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