Other works went through the abstract and full of color 1960's, until the newer more mechanical art of the 1980's and 90's. ... There were a few sculpture pieces, but mainly, it was photographs and drawings or paintings. ... The were beautiful non-ferrous sculptures of feathers, headdresses, spears, and other Native American art. ...
Pop art ridiculed many aspects of the modern world, with mass produced objects as the main subject for their collages, sculptures, prints and paintings. ... The pop art movement began as a reaction against the abstract expressionist style of the 1940s and 1950s, which the pop artists considered overly intellectual, subjective, and separate from reality. ... In 1961 Claes Oldenburg, an American, constructed the first of his gaudy, humorous plastic sculptures of hamburgers and other fast-food items. ...
Both arose from a rebellion against an accepted style: the Cubists thought Post-Impressionist artists were too tame and limited, while Pop Artists thought the Abstract Expressionists pretentious and over-intense. ... Is it a 20foot sculpture made from wood, or clay? ...
