Pop Art Movement - Comfort in Commercialism

  As the age of commercial uniformity closed in, pop art spread out creating such super stars as Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns and Roy Lichtenstein to name but a few Although many pop artists still display their works in galleries, pop art can arguably be found inside your Happy Meal from McDonalds

  So what is pop art and where is it going? well, in the words of one art critic, "I don't know art, but I know what I like and I like thisdream. The artwork, based on packaging, television, advertising, films and even comic books helped to break down the long held barriers between high art and mass culture Make No Mistake - Circus is the Tour to See Britney Spears re-introduced herself to the world through a much-anticipated performance on Good Morning America. Whereas in Britain the pop artists took a more romantic approach, in America the results were often times more brash; like the giant binoculars and shuttlecocks of Claes Oldenburg  Popular culture and the art that represents it grows at an exponential rate each year just like most aspects of life on this earth Aside from Britney Spears fitness regime, her dedication, and determination drives her way to weight loss.   Originally considered a counterattack on Abstract Expressionism, the pop art movement usurped the French based Dada movement it terms of its battle against highbrow art and has never looked back She wore a body hugging Versace's pink pleated moiré silk gown with detailed stitching and insets at the bodice.  And although pop art has long since spawned many different sub categories and new and unusual mediums; it all comes back to art for, of and by the masses.

  Some question if pop art is a serious comment on the contemporary condition or simply a "joke without humour. Pop art combines its mass produced, low cost, expendable, shiny nature to encourage the big money and bright lights to come calling