Pop n' Op

Pop Art

Pop art was a movement that started in the 1950's. It started in Britain and moved to the United States. Pop art in the U.S was made up of popular cultural images and revolved around the ideas of consumerism and mass production. It related to the viewer much more than previous art movements had such as abstract expressionism art had because Pop art used imagery that the audience was very familiar with and saw on a day-to-day basis. Pop art can also be seen in graphic novels and comic books. Some of the artists that made Pop art were Jasper Johns and Andy Warhol. Pop art is relevant because it asks us to make the distinction between fine art and commercial art.

Op Art
Op art or optical art is an art movement that makes use of optical illusions. It is commonly referred to as geometric abstraction or hard-edge abstraction. It was first coined Op art in 1964 when Times Magazine labeled it in an article. Victor Vasarely was thought to have pioneered Op art with his painting Zebras. M.C Escher is another artist who is sometimes considered an Op artist. I personally believe that Op art came about in the U.S largely due to the mass amounts of psychedelics being ingested during the 1960's and 1970's. Does anyone else think that?