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Patti Smith photograph New York 1977 (Patti Smith the Palladium)

Patti Smith photograph New York 1977 (Patti Smith the Palladium)

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Vintage The Ramones photograph (Ramones darkroom photograph)

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Conceptual Pop Art Color Mixed Media Painting "Home" Brooke Alexander Gallery

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Conceptual Pop Art Color Oil Monotype Painting Abstract Figure Robin Winters

Conceptual Pop Art Color Oil Monotype Painting Abstract Figure Robin Winters

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Conceptual Pop Art Color Oil Monotype Painting Abstract Figure Robin Winters

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Vintage Ramones Photograph (Joey Ramone The Ramones)
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Conceptual Pop Art Color Oil Monotype Painting Abstract Figure Robin Winters

Conceptual Pop Art Color Oil Monotype Painting Abstract Figure Robin Winters

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Patti Smith photograph New York 1977 (Rock Photography)

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Patti Smith photograph New York 1977 (Rock Photography)

Patti Smith photograph New York 1977 (Rock Photography)

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Patti Smith photograph New York 1977 (Rock Photography)

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Patti Smith Photograph New York 1977 (Rock Photography)

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A Close Look at Pop-art Art

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.

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CHARACTERISTICS OF POP ART 

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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.

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