Is Pop Art a social commentary or just a show off? In my point, pop art is rather more of a social commentary than a mere show off, in which the case of the latter people tend to lable it so for its aggressiveness, bold and even more overpowering nature. i chose this topic because i have an immense interest of the art during the 50's and 60s, everything was so colourful and "swinging". In this essay i shall try to substantiate my stand with as many relevant information i have done with my research, including a brief outline of pop art itself, and two artists (Andy Warhol and Keith Haring) which i studied to show why their art pieces reflect of the society and its state then and now.

Pop Art first appeared in Britain during the 1950s and referred to the growing interest of mass media, advertising and consumer products. The term "Pop Art" were first given by the critic Lawrence Alloway to describe art pieces that "celebrate post-war consumerism, defy the Pyschology of Abstract Expressionism, and worship the god of materialism". It was shortened from the term "popular art". This new form of art had a natural appeal to the artists in America and they used this to emphasise

Then comes Keith Haring, another artist i'm going to touch on. He was a close friend of Andy Warhol, and for Haring, the reason for the existence of his art as to serve sociey, to deliver messages across to the world that would not be looked upon before. He grew up in a time where street culture was growing and he wanted to annex the energy of that culture to the society. He explored sexuality, both heterosexual and homosexual, and drew images of such content to warn people of the hazards of not using contraceptives. This can also show how society had gone a step further by being more open as homosexuality creeped in, for it was something people frowned upon in the past. Sex has became a norm and only shows the current state of morality that exists now, even till today. Thus, Haring used his art to send such mesages across to the people because if he wouldnt, probably no one would.

Haring always drew pictures with symbolical meanings.He drew pictures by fusing humans, animals, computers all together, to show that the socity was makeing an advancement with the birth of the use of computers. He also drew pictures of monsters engulfing people up, just like how society is allowing money to control their lives.

This is just a summary of the research i did for this project to substantiat

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