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- emerged during the year of 1950 – 1960’s in Britain and America by a group of painters,
sculptors, writers, and critics called Independent Group.
- This art movement started in a way that it created a revolt against the presiding (dominant) art
and traditional views on what art should be.
- Many believed that U.K. Pop pioneer Richard Hamilton ‘s 1956 collage “Just what is it that
makes today’s homes so different, so appealing?” marked the official beginning of the cultural
phenomenon after it appeared in Whitechapel Gallery in London.
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Horn, S. (2018, September 25). What is Pop Art? Techniques, Artists, and Examples that Shaped
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Davis, C. (2020, June 25). POP Art Artists and Their Famous Artworks. TheCollector.
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