The Pop Wave-The Pop Phenomenon in the 1960s and Its Criticism
The purpose of this paper is to review the concept,phenomenon and critical status of Pop Art.A review of two essays by Lawrence Alloway will help us to reacquaint ourselves with the cultural anthropological dimensions of early Pop Art.In a concise and clear argument,John Coplans clarifies the extent to which Pop Art is distinct from abstract expressionism and therefore more like a quintessentially American art.Critics who opposed Pop identified it as a low form of taste because they turned away from the exploration of the pictorial medium or meta-language and instead embraced popular culture and the logic of the market.Leo Steinberg linked Pop to a more ambitious theoretical framework,providing an iconographic dimension to the canonization of Pop studies.In recent years,Thomas Crow and Hal Foster's monograph studies have returned to Alloway's original definition to develop a new analysis of Pop Art in relation to the two ends of the spectrum on which it sits:popular culture and the museum tradition,which opens up a whole new perspective and outlook on Pop Art studies.
Pop ArtLaurence Allowaythe flatbed picturefolk art
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