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What is the pop art movement?

Pop art which is an abbreviation of “Popular Art” seems to have emerged in the 1950s in the United Kingdom. It spread to the United States and the rest of the world over the next few decades. It is this spread and acceptance of pop art across the world that was referred to as the pop art movement. Though personalized pop Art Canvas pieces can be found everywhere these days, the pop art movement which remains one of the major artistic movements of the 20th century, is still not well understood.

The pop art movement also represented rebellion and being different. For a two decade period before the pop art movement, abstract art dominated the art world, with New York City as its centre. Though abstract art was a well liked art form, it presented itself with an air of sophistication that made it inaccessible to the masses.

People in general were also getting bored with abstract and other fine art forms and the emergence of pop art at that time was a refreshing change. Not only was it new and distinct from everything else people were accustomed to, its bright and funky colours whether on pop art canvas or on advertising billboards appealed to a broad base of the public. There was no divide between fine art and commercial art any longer.

The superior aesthetic qualities aside the other aspect of pop art that identified with audiences was its use of everyday items, images and icons to emphasize and redefine certain elements in our culture.

Pop art started appearing in the mass media, in advertising, movie posters and even on music album covers. Art suddenly became chic and cool and many celebrities started asking artists for their own personalized pop art canvas prints. Marilyn Monroe’s pop art prints by Andy Warhol after her death still remain one of the most iconic pop art prints ever.

Due to its association with celebrities and well known icons and objects, pop art started to become more glamorous and refined over the years. Though it pop art was mass produced and did not cost much, it did manage to capture essential changes in culture and society.

Pop art canvas pieces by well known artists like Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein are now amongst the most valuable pieces of art in the world. An Andy Warhol pop art silkscreen print called “Eight Elvises” was sold to a private buyer in 2009, for US$100 million, making it one of the top 10 most expensive paintings ever sold.

Other classic examples of pop art were when Andy Warhol designed a pop art canvas based on the Campbell canned soup images. Roy Lichtenstein was another pop art artist who created pop art which looked like comic strips. Till this day the Warhol pop art style and the Lichtenstein pop art style are the 2 dominant styles emulated by pop artists all over the world.

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About the Author

Paul Gibson is a Singapore based graphic artist and also the Managing Director of PopArtPal.com. He is an ardent fan of Personalized Pop Art Canvas and other modern art forms. PopArtPal.com Personalized Pop Art Canvas – Turn your photos into canvas Masterpieces!

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