pop art

or Pop Art

noun

1. an art movement that began in the U.S. in the 1950s and reached its peak of activity in the 1960s, chose as its subject matter the anonymous, everyday, standardized, and banal iconography in American life, as comic strips, billboards, commercial products, and celebrity images, and dealt with them typically in such forms as outsize commercially smooth paintings, mechanically reproduced silkscreens, large-scale facsimiles, and soft sculptures.

pop art

noun

1. a movement in modern art that imitates the methods, styles, and themes of popular culture and mass media, such as comic strips, advertising, and science fiction

pop art

1. Art that uses elements of popular culture, such as magazines, movies, popular music, and even bottles and cans. ( See also Andy Warhol .)

Other Words From

• pop artist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of pop art¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

The museum opens with a walk through the gardens — more specifically, Camila Falsini’s “D.R.E.A.M.S.,” a series of oversized inflatable shapes, symbols and igloos meant to evoke a dreamlike city inspired by Pop art and the Memphis Group.

From Los Angeles Times

Outside of his work at Disney, Crump continued to work on eccentric Pop art throughout his career.

From Los Angeles Times

A comic strip-inspired 1967 poster for psychedelic rock group the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band belongs to the collection of New York’s Museum of Modern Art.

From Los Angeles Times

Sometime late last week, spray-paint-wielding intruders turned the pink walls of this seven-bedroom mansion into a helter-skelter canvas of pop art, obscure quotations and political insinuations — the third hillside home in Los Angeles to be defaced in recent days.

From Los Angeles Times

The product served as inspiration for one of American artist Andy Warhol's most iconic pop art works.

From BBC