They believe that the urban culture created by the masses is an excellent material for modern artistic creation. Facing the impact of commercial civilization in consumer society, artists should not only face up to it, but also become singers of popular culture.
British painter richard hamilton once summarized the characteristics of pop art as: popular (designed for the public), short-lived (short-term scheme), easy to forget, cheap, mass-produced, young (aimed at young people), flashy, sexy, deceptive stuff, attractive and large-scale enterprise.
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Development history
1. Pop art began in the middle and late 1950s. It was originally initiated by a group of artists, critics and architects who called themselves "independent groups" in Britain. They are very interested in the emerging urban mass culture and have created all kinds of mass consumer goods.
2. American pop art appeared a little later than Britain, and inherited the spirit of Dadaism in artistic pursuit. In his works, a large number of wastes, commercial posters, movie advertisements and pictures of various newspapers and periodicals are used as patchwork, so it is named as New Dadaism.
American pop artists claim that their popular art is similar to American primitive art and Indian art, and it is the continuation and development of American cultural tradition. 1965 An exhibition of pop art held by Milwaukee Art Center, entitled "Pop Art and American Tradition".
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