Pop Art in Europe

 EURO POP American art history has tended to assume that something called “Pop Art” existed in Europe and has introduced a select group of European artists as examples.  However, only London wholeheartedly embraced American popular culture, while other...

Introduction to Pop Art

DEFINING ART AS POPULAR CULTURE DEFINING POPULAR CULTURE AS ART Introduction “A walk down 14th street is more amazing than any masterpiece of art,” commented Allan Kaprow, a Pop artist in New York.  This statement sums up what Pop Art was reacting to and...

Gutai in Japan

GUTAI 1950-1960  PERFORMANCE ART IN JAPAN Gutai Art does not alter the material. Gutai Art imparts life to the material. Gutai Art does not distort the material. In Gutai Art, the human spirit and the material shake hands with each other, but keep their distance.  The...

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