Why Pop Art is Popular in Home Decor?

May 31, 2011 - PRLog -- Not only oil painting reproductions are loved by people in decor area, but also many other forms, especially some young people, they much prefer modern style canvas art. For example, abstract art, group art and so on. Pop art also is one of the hot style art love by many people. Pop art is an abbreviation of popular art which emerged in the 1950s in the UK and spread to the United States and other countries over the next few decades which regarded as pop art movement. Today, personalized pop paintings appears everywhere, in the media, movie posters and even music album covers. The movement remains one of artistic movements of the 20th century is still not well understood.

Before a two decade of the pop art movements, it is abstract art which dominated the art world, although abstract art was liked by many pople, it showed itself with an air of sophistication which made it inaccessible to people. Pop artworks represented rebellion and being different. Pop paintings at that time was a refreshing change since people in general were getting bored with abstract painting and other art forms. It is new and distinct from everyting else people familiar with and its bright and funky colors on canvas or adverstising billborards attract large number of people. Between fine art and commercial, there was not divide any more.

The superior aesthetic qualities aside the other aspect of that identified with audiences was its use of everyday items, images and icons to emphasize and redefine certain elements in our culture. It suddenly became chic and cool and many famous people began to get artists creating pop art for their own. Marilyn Monroe pop art is one of the most iconic prints ever. Pop artworks are getting more and more glamorous and refined over the years because of association with famous people, icons and objects. It did manage to capture vital changes in culture and society althoug it was mass produced and cost few.

Andy Warhol pop art and Roy Lichtenstein pop art still the two dominant styles all over the world, their artworks are among the most valuable pieces in the world. An Andy Warhol silkscreen print called "Eight Elvises" was sold to a private buyer in 2009, for US$100 million, making it one of the top 10 most expensive paintings ever sold.

While comparing with other form of oil paintings, pop art has brighter,funky colors and the price is also less expensive. More and more people like to decor their wall by pop art of their favourite people and even themselves.

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