Thursday, 17 December 2009

Pop Art an introduction

Pop Art started back in the 1950's in London, and went over to the United States in the 1960's. The reason the movement was called Pop Art is because the subjects the artists painted were popular in the current era. There were many notable Artists in the movement, there was Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein and many others.



Thursday, 10 December 2009

Influences and interrelationships

Pop art was influenced mainly by the media from advertising,consumerism ,comics and celebrities.
David Bowie was inspired by Andy Warhol and wrote and produced and song about Andy.