Pop Art and the Rise of Consumer Culture A talk by Colin Pink Monday 17th April

2023 10:00am - 12:00

The Steyning Centre, Fletchers Croft, Steyning BN44 3XZ

In this talk we’ll examine the emergence of Pop Art in Britain and the USA as a reaction to the dominance of Abstract Expressionism and the rise of consumer culture in the post-war period. We’ll look at both the celebratory and critical aspects of Pop Art.

Here was a new art inspired by the popular artefacts generated by a new consumer culture of: cars, home appliances, comic books, the celebrity glamour of pop stars and lm stars, science ction, the junk we throw away, and the junk we eat: hamburgers and American pie.

Artists covered include Eduardo Paolozzi, Richard Hamilton, Peter Blake, Allen Jones, David Hockney, Pauline Boty, Robert Rauschenberg, steyning@theartssociety.org www.theartssocietysteyning.org.uk

Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, Ray Lichtenstein, Marisol, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Indiana, James Rosenquist, and Tom Wesselman. Free to members; visitors £10 donation.