subject: Pop Art The Modern Visual Art Movement by:Deborah Kania [print this page] Pop Art (popular art) is a famous 20th Century Modern Art visual art movement. With its start in the 1950s and 1960s in Britain and in America, pop art was everywhere. Andy Warhol, synonymous with pop art, made pop art famous with his Marilyn Monroe pop art painting. Warhol's other famous pop artwork was his Campbell's Tomato Juice Juice box in 1964.
Pop art draws on what was popular in advertising, comic books and cultural inspiration at the time. Although there are many forms of pop artin both two dimensions (2D) and three dimensions (3D), the most notable format is an oversized pop art print, painting or poster.
Pop art is instantly recognizable because of its simplification of the image and bright colors like pink, yellow and orange contrasted with darker colors like black and blue. Pop art is devoid of detail and looks much like a comic book frame. It is not easy to ignore the fresh and vibrant image of a pop art painting hanging on a wall.
Today, pop art continues to be popular and enjoyed throughout the entire world. One of the most recent famous, yet controversial, examples is the use of Barack Obama in a pop art poster during Mr. Obama's presidential campaign. Shepard Fairey created the ubiquitous "HOPE" pop art portrait of Obama that can be now seen on coffee mugs, t-shirts and more.
Anyone can create a personalized pop art print using websites such as www.customartonline.com. Pop artists-in-the-making can upload one of their favorite photos and the artists at Custom Art Online will create a pop art version of your photo on canvas. The process is very easy for you to upload a photo and select the pop art style. A real artist will work with you to create a pop art painting to your specifications.
Pop art prints on canvas are a fun and unique way to showcase portraits of kids, pets, friends, family and other loved ones. Pop art canvas paintings, printed using the Gicle quality fade-resistant fine art printing, can be created from any photo. Prints can be done as a single subject or repeated multiple times on one canvas with different colors.
Whether for yourself or to give as a gift, creating your own personal pop art masterpiece is fun and brings out the pop artist in you. Imagine a photo in your album tranformed into the famous Marilyn Monroe pop art by Andy Warhol!
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