Art of the
POPULAR
CULTURE
Pop Art was …
interest in massmedia, massproduction and
mass-culture
Lawrence Alloway
Richard Hamilton
Eduard Paolozzi
‘Bunk’
(short for
Bunkum)
‘ I was a Rich Man’s
Plaything by Eduardo
Paolozzi (1947 collage)
RICHARD
HAMILTON (19222011)
'Just what is it
that makes today's
homes so different,
so appealing?‘
(1956 collage)
Featuring the work of:
JASPER JOHNS
ROY LICHTENSTEIN
ANDY WARHOL
CLAES OLDENBURG

Pop Art was originally a U.S. and British movement
in the 1950s and 60s to react against Abstract
Expressionism
Abstract Expressionism
Focused on elements rather
than objects
Pop Art
Focused on recognizable
objects
Jasper John
O Known for assemblage (‘Junk’)
Sculpture
O ‘Neo-Dadaist’ more than a Pop Artist
Target With
Four Faces,
(1955)
Flag, (1955)
Painted Bronze, 1960
White Flag, 1955
Map, 1963
Andy
Warhol
(1928-1987)
O silkscreens of
celebrities and
everyday objects
Campbell’s Soup Can,
1967.
Pete Rose, 1985.
16 Jackies, 1964
Green Marilyn,
1962.
Mick Jagger,
1975.
Self
Portrait,
1964.
Roy Lichtenstein
(1923-1997)
 Created art with a
COMIC-BOOK style
 Colors are basic,
black-outlined
 Skin colors created
with BENDAY
DOTS…
Temple of Apollo, 1964
Bedroom at Arles, 1992.
(Screenprint)
Roy Lichtenstein
Vincent Van Gogh
Cubist Still Life with
Playing Cards, 1974.
HOUSE I, 1996
BMW 320I, 1977
Artist’s Studio (The Dance), 1974
 Known
for creating
large-scale
versions of
recognizable
objects
Giant Hamburger, 1962
Softlight Switches,
1963-69.
Clothespin,
1976.
Corridor Pin,
Blue, 1999.
Flying Pins, 2000.
Happy Rizzi House, 2001
Brunswick, Germany
Cidade
Pop