Born in the 50's, Pop art as Dada is an art movement that reacted to the artistic vanguard that existed since the end of the 19th century (movements working with an evolving abstraction such as cubism and impressionism). Pop Art in opposition made use of figurative forms to represent and incorporate pop culture into art, making links with the day to day life of people, using comic and mass production as tools. An example of this would be Warhol who used graphic techniques mostly intended for advertising.

Pop art embraces various techniques such as painting, assemblage, collage, serigraphy and various mixed media that different artists developed during the movement. In my opinion Pop art was one of the most successful artistic movements because it managed to mix itself with the media of its time, carrying its message and critic to the people who were making front to change in society that led to a modified life style in the western world.

Check out:
[link] Pop art in Wikipedia
[link] Warhol Foundation
[link] Robert Rauschenberg
[link] Lichtenstein
[link] Eduardo arroyo

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