Andy Warhol and His Twenty Marilyns Andy Warhol is one of the most recognized American Pop artists. ... Warhol worked during the period when Pop Art reigned supreme. Pop Art makes use of the imagery of consumerism and mass culture (e.g. comic strips, pin-ups and packaging), with a finely balanced mixture of irony and celebration. Pop Art began in the 1950s because people became curious of the nature of urban popular culture. ... Andy Warhol was a very successful Pop artist in that he really seems to have gotten his point across. ...

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What exactly is Pop Art? ... It was based on everyday life and the popular culture around everyone, for instance, magazines, comics, celebrities and objects. ... The reason pop art has to be my most favourite type of art. ... This quote is from my favourite pop/graffiti artist; John "Crash" Matos. ... It has been argued that pop art is not "real" art, but what is real art? ...

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Andy Warhol is known to many people as the "Father of Pop Art". ... The style in which these values were portrayed varied depending on the culture and the artist. ... Warhol's timing was perfect in introducing pop. ... For many, Warhol was a work of art himself, reflecting back the basic desires of a consumerist American culture. ... In his life, he certainly stretched the boundaries of pop art. ...

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Pop Art was an international movement; it symbolized and acknowledged the growth of new "popular culture." Pop Art was recognized as a style that outdid art on the canvas to include everyday life. The emerging mass-media culture of advertising, movies and television, and consumer goods would all take part in the subject for this new kind of art. ... Warhol started his career in Pop Art around 1960 and was active in his art and filmmaking until the late 80's. ... Andy Warhol had set, and stretched the boundaries of Pop Art. ...

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