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Pop Art Movement: Past and Present 1947-2018

  • I Was a Rich Man's Plaything

    I Was a Rich Man's Plaything
    Eduardo Paolozzi created what is widely considered the first Pop Art image, though the term wasn't coined until 1954.
  • Target With Four Faces

    Target With Four Faces
    Jasper Johns created several pieces with targets as the focal point. There is some debate as to intent in doing so, but it is commonly believed that he was making a statement about judgement and observation.
  • Three Flags

    Three Flags
    Artist Jasper Johns created this piece in 1958. It is currently on display at the Whitney Museum of Art in New York.
  • Dolores James

    Dolores James
    John Chamberlain created this three dimensional painting of scrap metal.
  • Campbell's Soup Cans

    Campbell's Soup Cans
    Created by Andy Warhol, whom many consider to have been the most influential artist of the Pop Art movement.
  • Floor Cake

    Floor Cake
    Claes Oldenburg, considered one of the forefathers of the Pop Art movement, created this piece in 1962. Much of his work is replications of 'every day' items such as this.
  • Drowning Girl

    Drowning Girl
    By Roy Lichtenstein's style is very reminiscent of the kind of art work you would see in a comic book.
  • Three Machines

    Three Machines
    Wayne Theibaud
  • Ohhh....Alright

    Ohhh....Alright
    Another piece by Roy Lichtenstein. This one sold for a whopping $42.6 million in 2010.
  • Race Riot

    Race Riot
    Another very well known piece by Andy Warhol. The images depicted are representative of the Birmingham Race Riots of 1963, during the Civil Rights era. Very powerful piece that sold for over $62 million on May 31, 2014.
  • The Family

    The Family
    Marisol Escobar created more than one piece titled "The Family,"that served as representations of her own family. However, this version is a representation of the Nativity scene.
  • Mao

    Mao
    Andy Warhol painted this portrait of infamous Chinese dictator, Chairman Mao Zedong.
  • My Parents

    My Parents
    Painting by David Hockney gives a glimpse into the lives of his parents with this piece.
  • The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

    The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
    Artist Keith Haring
  • Supermodels

    Supermodels
    Famed celebrity photographer, Herb Ritts snapped this well-known shot of some of the most famous supermodels of the decade in 1990. It now hangs in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
  • Gift Wrapped Doll #16

    Gift Wrapped Doll #16
    James Rosenquist created an entire collection of oil canvases of images of gift-wrapped dolls. This is the 16th canvas and was first exhibited in 1992.
  • Military Intelligence

    Military Intelligence
    James Rosenquist, one of the pioneers of the Pop Art movement created this piece in 1994.
  • Light My Fire

    Light My Fire
    Pop Art sculpture by Japanese artist Yoshimoto Nara.
  • Infinity Mirrors

    Infinity Mirrors
    Modern Pop Art exhibit by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who is also seen as one of the legends of the Pop Art movement.
  • Pop Art Exhibit

    Pop Art Exhibit
    Regarded as modern Pop Art's "Rebel Queen," Ashely Longshore displayed this exhibit at Bergdoff Goodman in New York. Artists like Ashley are keeping Pop Art alive.