MIMA Pop Art

Mass culture, popular taste and kitsch were the provocative themes of Pop art. Artists used mass-produced objects and photographic images to make a connection between art and the post-war world of consumerism. This study follows the development of Pop as an art form that celebrated the glamour of the newly commercialist Western world, whilst acknowledging its superficiality.

David McCarthy is Associate Professor of History of Art at Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee.