While the idiosyncratic Andy Warhol is recognized by the Pop Art movement, there were a number of lesser-known artists, such as Richard Hamilton and Eduardo Paolozzi, who did their thing in the mid-1950s and mid-1960s. art denounced that minimalist paintings are expendable, they have proven to be timeless and durable.
What distinguishes the style from other styles is its ability to isolate objects giving the viewer something to deliberate on. Pop art is not so much a style, but rather a philosophy that art doesn’t have to be rigid and serious.
Although no one would dare to make a Campbell’s Soup can again, Pop Art is alive and well in the 21st century, even if it vaguely resembles the cartoonish pieces produced in the 1960s. In other words, Pop Art has grown . There are several new pop artists taking their hats off to the past while managing a contemporary aesthetic.
These three artists are examples of the modern direction pop art is taking.
Dallas-based photographer Wade Griffin’s fine art prints give us something not too far from Warhol, as one might at first think, like taking ordinary objects, places and people and turning them into surprisingly interesting images.
Painter Christoph Niemann’s vision of pop art is a little closer to the works we saw in the past. His entertaining wall art is achieved through the use of clean, simple lines with an almost childlike vibe that makes his work approachable, if not a little mischievous.
Michael Parker is possibly the closest to the pop art masters of the 1960s. The painter/photographer creates colorful representations of such common objects as New York taxis, VW buses, and barcodes. He nods to Warhol with psychedelic watercolors of Marilyn Monroe and revolutionary Marxist Che Guevara.
Parker also takes charming dog portraits with and without photomanipulation.