Pop Art was born in Britain in the mid 1950s. It was the creation of many artist like Andy Warhol. The first application of the term Pop Art occurred during discussions among artists who called themselves the Independent Group (IG), which was part of the Institute of Contemporary Art in London, begun around 1952-53. Pop Art appreciates popular culture, or what we also call “material culture.” It does not critique the consequences of materialism and consumerism; it simply recognizes its presence as a natural fact. This would be recognizable imagery, drawn from popular media and products mainly after the world war as anything new was a craze among people as it was different and new. Usually the pieces of art used very bright colours to one draw the viewer in and two as a form as advertising again to draw the viewer in. Flat imagery influenced by comic books and newspaper photographs were widely used as they were very popular among people and was also something new and the style was something different in art. Images of celebrities or fictional characters in comic books, advertisements and fan magazines were also used for example Marilyn Monroe was used in one of Andy Warhol's pieces of art, as she was seen as what a "women" was.
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