“The statement of ideas asserting counter traditional positions on art, evolved from sources other that art itself.”

The years that followed the conclusion of the Second World War saw the rebellious art movement Dadaism re-establish itself. Britain felt the effects, and while Pop Art was practiced, their themes were more nostalgic and didn’t contain the level of intensity as art in the United States. Physically untouched by the war, the United States of America was booming in consumer culture and material wealth. Blossoming with productivity, American lives were being showered in the bright colours of an expanding industry. The social atmosphere brought big, colourful and glossy magazines and films, boosting the

“My image is a statement of the symbols of the harsh, impersonal products and brash materialistic objects on which America is built today. It is a projection of everything that can be bought and sold, the practical but impermanent symbols that sustain us.”

The works of Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein not only fitted into the criteria of belonging to Pop Art, but they strongly shaped it into what it was and is. Although different in their techniques, both artists reflected Popular Culture, and caused people to question the gaps between formal and informal art. Art that followed the 1960’s was influenced almost immediately by the Pop Art movement. Reintroduced was rebellion against the unwritten rules of art, giving other dimensions to be explored. Compositions yelling simplicity that some consider juvenile are surely influenced by the courage of the Pop Artists. Modern art continued to flourish and allowed a broader field of experimentation. Modern art develops as the world around it changes. It is shaped by the progressions of art before it, and the possibilities of life ahead of it. But not only is modern art shaped by the world, the world to some extent, is shaped by modern art. The world is what is all around us, and Modern art can be seen in architecture, fashion, drama, and even attitudes. Asserting counter-traditional positions on art is to go forward and evolve.

power of popular culture icons, rivalling that of politicians and businessmen. Pop Artists refused to conform to the traditional methods expected, and abused the social status of art. Individuals were grouped together by thei

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