Movement Pop Art
After the atrocities of the Second World War, countries such as the US, UK and France began welcoming consumer culture and a more materialistic approach to life. Popular culture began to reject traditional cultural codes, and embraced instead, mass-production and industry.
Unbeknownst to many, Pop art actually began in the UK, where the term “Pop" was coined in 1954 by Lawrence Alloway, a British art critic. Alloway founded a group of intellectuals called the “Independent Group" which included artists such as Richard Hamilton and Eduardo Paolozzi and the critics Lawrence Alloway and John McHale. These creatives and intellects sought to separate popular culture from the elitist bubble that surrounded it. They utilised American popular culture elements to reject traditional art techniques; blurring the boundary between high art and mass-culture.
Criticising society's infatuation with cultural hierarchy is a crucial component of the movement: Pop artists want to change our one-dimensional manner of seeing and thinking. Our ideas and perceptions are shaped by the images that surround us, and we often find ourselves placing differing levels of importance on certain images. Pop art blurs the boundaries between "high" art and "low" culture, demonstrating that there is no hierarchy of culture, and art can be created from any source. As a result, artists like Andy Warhol, employed images of pop-culture icons like Marilyn Monroe, in his works. Pop artists were the first artists to realise our impulsive need to be connected, which nowadays has become literal through social media and the internet. The Pop artists successfully predicted how everything would be interconnected, drawing these links in their artworks.
New York quickly became the hub of Pop art, opening its doors to artists such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenquist, and Claes Oldenburg. This led to a distinction between American and British Pop art, where American Pop art absorbed entertainment culture and consumerism producing highly stylistic and garish works, whilst British Pop art remained more distanced and light-hearted.
Andy Warhol: the artist famously claimed that “in the future everyone will be world famous for 15 minutes," successfully predicting the merging of media, art and business which we see today. His fascination with mass media and American advertising made him into a gifted creative, allowing him to transcend the boundaries of art and industry.
Roy Lichtenstein: the first American Pop artist to achieve global fame. Lichtenstein was heavily inspired by comics, and combined hand-drawn elements with mechanical reproductions of objects to create highly recognisable works.
James Rosenquist: the American artist combined contrasting images from adverts, creating monumental works which often took up entire walls of galleries. These shocking and supposedly unconnected images were intended to convey Rosenquist's anxieties about America's political and social climate.
Claes Oldenburg: the artist's “soft-sculptures" were the first examples of sculpture in Pop art, and served to depict the unappetising and grimy corners of New York.
Avid observers of consumer society, the Pop artists continue to inspire contemporary artists today. Discover artists such as Angelo Pioppo, DLGR and Dominique Mulhem, who were influenced by the revolutionary Pop art movement.
Keith Haring
Untitled (Plate 13 Photostat from the Blueprint Drawings)
Keith Haring
Photography - 125.09 x 126.37 x 2 cm Photography - 49.2 x 49.8 x 0.8 inch
€44,228
Andy Warhol
Edward Kennedy F.S. II.240 (Unique trial proof)
Andy Warhol
Print - 101 x 81 x 2 cm Print - 39.8 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
€34,022
Sunset - Purple (after Andy Warhol)
Andy Warhol
Design - 80.5 x 20.5 x 1.2 cm Design - 31.7 x 8.1 x 0.5 inch
€600
After the Party FS II. 183
Andy Warhol
Print - 54.61 x 77.47 x 2.54 cm Print - 21.5 x 30.5 x 1 inch
€82,621
St. Apollonia FS II.330-333 (Matching Set)
Andy Warhol
Print - 152.4 x 111.8 x 5.1 cm Print - 60 x 44 x 2 inch
€87,484
Ladies and Gentlemen (FS.133)
Andy Warhol
Print - 110.5 x 73 x 1.5 cm Print - 43.5 x 28.7 x 0.6 inch
€31,592
Dollar Sign (9), 1982 (after Andy Warhol)
Andy Warhol
Design - 80.5 x 20.5 x 1.2 cm Design - 31.7 x 8.1 x 0.5 inch
€550
Cow (Pink & Yellow) Triptych, 1966 (after Andy Warhol)
Andy Warhol
Design - 80.5 x 20.5 x 1.2 cm Design - 31.7 x 8.1 x 0.5 inch
€550
Flowers - Lime/Orange (after Andy Warhol)
Andy Warhol
Design - 80.5 x 20.5 x 1.2 cm Design - 31.7 x 8.1 x 0.5 inch
€600
Robert Indiana
Love, Robert Indiana (d'Après)
Robert Indiana
Design - 15 x 15 x 6 cm Design - 5.9 x 5.9 x 2.4 inch
€600
The Hartley Elegies: Berlin Series, KvF I
Robert Indiana
Print - 203.2 x 139.7 cm Print - 80 x 55 inch
€7,290
The Hartley Elegies: Berlin Series, KvF VII
Robert Indiana
Print - 152.4 x 152.4 cm Print - 60 x 60 inch
€6,804
Roy Lichtenstein
Reflections on Minerva
Roy Lichtenstein
Print - 106.7 x 131.4 x 2 cm Print - 42 x 51.7 x 0.8 inch
€160,388
Cow Triptych (Cow Going Abstract)
Roy Lichtenstein
Print - 66 x 77 x 0.1 cm Print - 26 x 30.3 x 0 inch
Sold
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Roy Lichtenstein
Print - 74 x 74 x 0.1 cm Print - 29.1 x 29.1 x 0 inch
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La nouvelle chute de l'Amérique : Une Fenêtre ouverte sur Chicago
Roy Lichtenstein
Print - 50.7 x 37.8 cm Print - 20 x 14.9 inch
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Russell Young
Marilyn crying (Fire red)
Russell Young
Painting - 66 x 50.8 x 4 cm Painting - 26 x 20 x 1.6 inch
€18,000
Marilyn Glamour 2010
Russell Young
Photography - 92 x 72 x 2 cm Photography - 36.2 x 28.3 x 0.8 inch
€17,000
Le Closier
Northern Girl (La fille du Nord)
Le Closier
Painting - 76 x 76 x 2 cm Painting - 29.9 x 29.9 x 0.8 inch
€1,350
Todd Koelmel
Reservoir Sunset 1 (HPM ed. of 10)
Todd Koelmel
Painting - 27.3 x 91.4 x 3.2 cm Painting - 10.75 x 36 x 1.25 inch
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Abstract 1 (artist print)
Todd Koelmel
Painting - 61 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 24 x 36 x 2 inch
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Oh, Roy (HPM ed. of 10)
Todd Koelmel
Painting - 53.3 x 53.3 x 3.3 cm Painting - 21 x 21 x 1.3 inch
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Wauna Lake Polaroid 2 (HPM - ed. of 10)
Todd Koelmel
Painting - 66 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 26 x 20 x 1 inch
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Reservoir Sunset 3 (ed. of 3)
Todd Koelmel
Painting - 101.6 x 203.2 x 5.1 cm Painting - 40 x 80 x 2 inch
Sold
Tom Wesselmann
New Bedroom Blonde Doodle
Tom Wesselmann
Print - 76.2 x 88.9 x 1 cm Print - 30 x 35 x 0.4 inch
€28,675
Study for Sunset Nude
Tom Wesselmann
Fine Art Drawings - 7 x 9 cm Fine Art Drawings - 2.8 x 3.5 inch
€22,000
Monica with a Purple Hat
Tom Wesselmann
Sculpture - 10.2 x 12.7 x 1.3 cm Sculpture - 4 x 5 x 0.5 inch
€72,904
Bedroom blonde doodle with photo
Tom Wesselmann
Print - 61.875 x 71.5 x 2 cm Print - 24.4 x 28.1 x 0.8 inch
€41,312
James Rosenquist
1st Wall St Journal, Dinner Triangles (2nd State)
James Rosenquist
Print - 57.8 x 100.3 x 0.5 cm Print - 22.75 x 39.5 x 0.2 inch
€3,402
F-111 Triptych A (Girl)
James Rosenquist
Design - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Design - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€849
Window Washer Glass House (State II)
James Rosenquist
Print - 58.4 x 101.6 x 1.27 cm Print - 23 x 40 x 0.5 inch
€2,916
Window Washer Glass House (State I)
James Rosenquist
Print - 58.4 x 101.6 x 1.27 cm Print - 23 x 40 x 0.5 inch
€3,402
F-111 Triptych A (Girl) (d'après James Rosenquist)
James Rosenquist
Design - 204.5 x 156.2 x 3 cm Design - 80.5 x 61.5 x 1.2 inch
€600
Stéphane Gubert
Il faut y croire
Stéphane Gubert
Painting - 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
€2,900
Kunstrasen
Wake Me Up When Its All Over
Kunstrasen
Painting - 53.975 x 38.735 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 15.3 x 0.8 inch
€2,430
Most is what you make of it?
Kunstrasen
Sculpture - 15.2 x 20.3 x 5.1 cm Sculpture - 6 x 8 x 2 inch
Sold
Why Reach for the Stars When This Place Could Be Heaven Too
Kunstrasen
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
Sold