Pop Art

Jasper Johns, Flag on Orange Field, 1957

In the early 60s a number of exhibitions were held in New York City displaying art that was directly related to pop culture. The movement celebrated popular culture in the affluence of post war society and the consumer boom. The sources for the artwork produced were comic books, magazines, and visual culture. This was Pop art and it turned common place visual art into icons.

British artist Richard Hamilton's take on Pop art was, "popular, transient, expendable, low-cost, mass-produced, young, witty, sexy, gimmicky, glamorous, and Big Business." American popular artists associated with the movement were Jasper Johns and Andy Warhol.