Why is pop art so important as an art movement?

Answer 1

The same reason any other art movement is important. It's all part of the history of art and it got us to where we are today.
Art moves with and sometimes ahead of the times. Some movements are a refection of society of perceptions of such. It influences our thinking, challenges our consciousness, and reflects our fears and desires.
Art in general is VERY important.

Answer 2

You mean the art of Peter Max and Andy Warhol, I assume. That sort of stuff.

Well, it all goes back to 1900 and the Futurists. They felt that "narrative art" was not doing the job and that the audiences had become passive and not engaged. The audience just wanted to be entertained.
The Futurists led to the Dadaist led to Surrealism and so on.

Each wave of a new art movement would reject the codifying of it's previous wave and yet embrace some of the elements they felt was still working.

The Post-Modern era hatched out of the Modern era (duh) and it included elements of satire, parody and humor along with other elements like improvisation (think jazz music and jazz dancing).

Pop Art is a facet of the Post-Modern movement and embraces the ridiculous and satires our commercial culture. Almost a political commentary on how Art is perceived. Certainly part of the strategy is to kinda of 'shock' the audience to make them increasingly receptive to a new voice or way of seeing and defining art.

In this context, Pop Art is very important as it is another step in the art world as it struggles to continually re-invent itself.

Answer 3

Most people see the pop art movement as the beginning of post modernism. (Warhol's Brillo boxes have been named as the first piece of post modern art)
It's also so appealing to everyone - go to any art college summer show and you will see at least 20 pieces in pop art style.
It crosses the lines with graphics and art too, so it was a challenging movement. But a fun one

Answer 4

Because it blurred the boundaries of art and reality. Everyday, recognisable objects were exploited and thus people could relate to them better. Warhol started with everyday objects and then it was the celebrities that became the objects (because you see them everyday in the media, right?). The images of the objects were reproduced in multiples, which I think alluded to the birth of mass media and seeing the same images repeatedly over and over again.

I could probably type more but I'm tired. sorry!

Answer 5

Vladimir Gorsky, Alex Katz and peter max , yet you would possibly want to be perfect going with Warhol, Lichtenstein and Wesselmann they are the most well known pop paintings artists. haha to the answer naming singers :')

Answer 6

It all started with the africans beeting on the homemade drums that had a catchy jingle to it called pop and into jazz and then into hip-hop and now rap and others.

Answer 7

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