“A clear and lively outline of the history of pop art … a pleasure to read” – Sunday Times. Written by the BBC’s Alastair Sooke, Pop Art: A Colourful History makes the case that Pop is not only the most important art movement of the 20th century but one that continues to define our world today — from social networking to selfies. Drawing on brand new interviews and research, Sooke examines the great works of Warhol, Lichtenstein and their contemporaries while also challenging received wisdom about the movement: tracing its surprisingly deep roots back to 19th-century Paris, recovering the forgotten female artists of the 1960s, and asking whether, in the 21st century, it still counts as art. Modernism was never this fun, or this sexy — and this essential, snappy guide explains exactly why.
ISBN 13: 9780241973066
Author: Alastair Sooke
