The birth of Pop art (short for Popular art) emerged in England between the years of 1950 and 1960, but heightened to its full potential in New York. Pop art was a form of rebellion against Abstract Expressionism. Pop artists felt that “Abstract Expressionism was an elite art, to which only a tiny class, mainly of painters and poets, could respond” (30 Compton). Pop artists also considered them pretentious and over-intense and at the same time, only selling …showed first 75 words of 308 total…

…showed last 75 words of 308 total…Compton) However, that is rarely the case, the artists may be radical but they never intend to satirize the American life. Their only purpose is to stress the importance of an everyday object and their instant recognizable image and for everyone to be able to relate to it Bibliography Compton, Michael. Movements of Modern Art: Pop Art. London: The Hamlyn Publishing Group, 1970. Livingstone, Marco. Pop Art: A Continuing History. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1990.