“Pop is love, for it accepts everything. Pop art is dropping the bomb. It’s the American dream, optimistic, generous and naive.”

Culture:

Pop art burst on to the scene in Brittan and America during the 1950s and 60s. It was a dazzling celebration of life in a world recovering from war. Many people were enjoying fast cars, fast food, colour TV, film, fashion and pop music for the first time. A whole range of new products brightened up there lives. This was the birth of popular culture – a leap into the modern world.
The pop artists saw how the colour and energy of modern life appealed to so many people. They wanted there art to be popular too, so they began making paintings, prints and sculptures of things people used and recognized. Soon art galleries were bursting with big, bright images of everybody objects and familiar faces. The Pop artists set out to attract attention – and they succeeded.