Pop Art
Means "Popular Art"
Pop art arose because The Independant Group wanted a name for all things relating to popular culture at that time.
It was a small group, consisting several artists but also critics and architects
The first person to use the term in print was Lawrence Alloway in 1958
Richard Hamilton said that pop art was designed for a large audience, a short term solution that was easily forgotten.
Because it was designed for a large amount of people, it was mass produced and therefore had to be low cost.
Litter (1955 sheffield, graves A.G.) was an example of Peter Blake's love for folk art and pop culture. Because this was so early on in his student life, it is said he was the first British pop artist.
Eduardo Paolozzi was a surrealist that turned into a pop artist around 1962 with sculptures and then screen prints in 1965
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/paolozzi-no-title-trial-proof-for-as-is-when-p01953
Andy Warhol screen printed icons of hollywood film stars and the four reigning queens at the time.
"American Pop art emerged suddenly in the early 1960s and was in general characterized by a stark and emblematic presentation that contrasted with the narrative and analytical tendencies of its British counterpart. At its most rigorous, American Pop art insisted on a direct relationship between its use of the imagery of mass production and its adoption of modern technological procedures."
https://www.moma.org/collection/details.php?theme_id=10170
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