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Pop Art Pop art first began in the mid 1950s in Britain and soon after in America. Pop art broke away from the traditions of fine art and started focusing on mass culture like advertising, comic books, celebrities and even boring household items. Items that were restricted and rationed during WWII, were being advertised more and the artists started using these as tools to get away from the fine art traditions and blur the lines between ‘high’ art and ‘low’ popular culture. Andy Warhol was probably the most famous Pop art artist of all time and one of his most famous creations was of a tin of Campbell’s soup. Another artist, Roy Lichtenstein was famous for his paintings that were created in the form of comic strips. Below are two graphic designs that are inspired by pop art. Kevin Cherry

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Pop  Art    Pop  art  first  began  in  the  mid  1950s  in  Britain  and  soon  after  in  America.  Pop  art  broke  away  from  the  traditions  of  fine  art  and  started  focusing  on  mass  culture  like  advertising,  comic  books,  celebrities  and  even  boring  household  items.  Items  that  were  restricted  and  rationed  during  WWII,  were  being  advertised  more  and  the  artists  started  using  these  as  tools  to  get  away  from  the  fine  art  traditions  and  blur  the  lines  between  ‘high’  art  and  ‘low’  popular  culture.      Andy  Warhol  was  probably  the  most  famous  Pop  art  artist  of  all  time  and  one  of  his  most  famous  creations  was  of  a  tin  of  Campbell’s  soup.  Another  artist,  Roy  Lichtenstein  was  famous  for  his  paintings  that  were  created  in  the  form  of  comic  strips.    Below  are  two  graphic  designs  that  are  inspired  by  pop  art.    

     Kevin  Cherry    

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   Mark  Malazarte    For  tech  I  was  asked  to  create  an  advert  for  an  everyday  item.  I  decided  to  make  an  American  flag  out  of  coke  tins.