VIC101H1 Lecture 6: JAV 120 Visual Concepts Lecture 6
7 Jul 2016
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Creating artworks of mass produced objects and celebrities of that era. Celebration of fashion, important to the movement as it became based on trend rather practicality. Blurred the lines between high art and low art, creating no distinction (ex. 1950s = intro to cold war + korean war. No hierarchy of culture and artists may. 1960s = assassination of jfk + martin borrow from any sources they wished. Luther became one of the main characteristics of. Believed everything is interconnected and sought to be literal with those connections in their works. Can be considered the inventor of pop art as he was the first person to combine surrealism with. Can be viewed as a reaction to elements of popular culture abstract expressionism; Known for popularizing the use of collages in. Abstract expressionism = the pop art movement trauma within society after the war. Pop art = trauma within pop culture and its emergence.
