Pop Art – Pictures, Paintings, Posters, Andy Warhol Prints at Imagekind
Pop Art
began in the 1950’s but gained its true prominence in the 60s. Inspired from images
and ideas of popular culture in America and Britain, Pop Art is often characterized
by the use of common images found in advertising, consumer products, mass media,
comics and other such sources. The images found within pop art pictures are easily
and quickly recognizable to those living within the period of the arts inception,
but because trends and fads constantly change, the understanding of the cultural
significance of such images is often confusing to later generations.
Pop Art is best understood in light of the previous popular ideas of Abstract Expressionism
and sought not only to focus the genre on iconic images popular of the time, but,
in so doing, allow art to be enjoyed and more easily understood by all. By taking
images and ideas of common society, Pop Art was a direct reaction to the more elitist
culture of previous art forms and allowed for a much broader audience. However,
as the beginning is inspired by the ending one, so too, the ending often inspires
the beginning of other forms of art. Thus, Pop Art is thought to be one of the last
great movements of Modern
Art, thus issuing
in an age of
Contemporary or Postmodern Art.
The quick attraction and ease of accessibility that Pop Art allowed its audience
soon created a demand that required new ideas of production for the growing consumption
of the artwork. An irony of Pop Art is that a form of art which dealt with the nature
of mass-produced items, such as Campbell’s soup cans and Coca-Cola, was soon mass-produced
themselves. The mass-producing of
Pop Art paintings caused a bit of controversy within the art community by
requiring the ability to duplicate the art easily, thus, as some felt, taking away
the true inspiration of the art, and making it nothing more than a consumer product.
The artists recognized and even capitalized on this idea by allowing the art to
be available as
Pop Art
posters.
Pop art has changed the way art is understood, appreciated and consumed. Imagekind
understands the importance of allowing as many people to enjoy the art as possible,
not keeping it for a select few, but permitting all to access and enjoy. Peruse
our
pop art gallery
paying special attention to the significance of the somewhat simplistic images of
popular advertisements, celebrities and products brought to the true consumer, the
art consumer, in a completely different light.