Pop to popism
By: edited by Wayne Tunnicliffe, Anneke Jaspers
Contributors: Desmond, Michael, 1950- writer of added commentary; McAuliffe, Chris, writer of added commentary; Stephen, Ann, writer of added commentary; Paton, Justin, writer of added commentary; Art Gallery of New South Wales
Edition: US edition.
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
ISBN-13: 9783791381329
Subjects: Pop art; Exhibitions
Description: This generously illustrated volume looks at Pop art from an international perspective from its beginnings in the 1950s to its revitalization in the 1980s. Lichtenstein, Warhol, Hamilton, and Hockney are names most often associated with the Pop art movement. But, as this richly illustrated history of the movement reveals, Pop extended beyond Great Britain and America, and lasted past the 1960s. Moving from continent to continent, from America to Europe to Australia, this volume follows the arc of the Pop art movement. In addition to well-known works by British and American artists, there are works by Enrico Baj (Italy), Niki de Saint Phalle (France), Gerhard Richter (Germany), and Martin Sharp (Australia) among many other international artists. The book's essays discuss how deeply the principles of Pop art--a challenge of the notions of "high" art; an attempt to expose the darker sides of celebrity and consumerism; and a means of protest and activism--penetrated modern culture around the world. The book concludes with a fascinating look at the resurgence of a Pop aesthetic in the 1980s when artists reworked Pop's rebellious appropriation tactics and engagement with popular culture.
Notes: Catalog of the exhibition "Pop to popism" held at Art Gallery of New South Wales, November 1, 2014-March 1, 2015.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pop to popism / Wayne Tunnicliffe; title: The future is now : origins of pop art / Wayne Tunnicliffe; title: When Britain went pop : British pop art / Michael Desmond; title: A brand new world : American pop art / Chris McAuliffe; title: What was Euro pop? : European pop art / Ann Stephen; title: 'The easel did not go pop : it went bang!' : Australian pop art / Wayne Tunnicliffe; title: A divided consciousness : pop art after 1968 / Justin Paton; title: Art of the second degree : post pop and popism / Anneke Jaspers.