Pop+Art

=POP ART is= An art movement and style that had its origins in England in the 1950s and made its way to the United States during the 1960s. Pop artists have focused attention upon familiar images of the popular culture such as billboards, comic strips, magazine advertisements, and supermarket products.

Important Pop artists include Richard Hamilton (British, 1922-), Andy Warhol (American, 1928?1930?-1987), Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997) and Claes Oldenburg (American, 1929-),

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Robert Hughes discusses Pop Art in America...
media type="youtube" key="7f13FC95zvY" height="315" width="420"Claes Oldenburg starts at 6:00

media type="youtube" key="14HFM3sucRE" height="315" width="420" Warhol starts at 2:55

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