Choose The Correct Item: Pop Art
Choose The Correct Item: Pop Art
8. Tom likes helping around the house, but he hates 15. Jack spends a lot of time on his computer …. with
to … the rubbish out. his online friends.
a) take b) have c) do a) chatting b) telling c) texting
B. Read the text and mark the statements below it as T (true), F (false) or Ns (Not stated)
Pop Art
What is art? In the 1960s a collection of artist made that question even more difficult to answer. They
created Pop Art, a style of art that represented everybody’s everyday experiences. Pop artist were fascinated
by realistic images from everyday life that everybody saw. One element of life they noticed was that almost
all people are consumers who buy and use millions of different things every day. As a result, many Pop artists
used images of products from the supermarket or advertisements in their works.
The most famous Pop artist was the American Andy Warhol. Warhol painted products like Campbell’s
Soup, Coca Cola bottles and bananas. He also painted other everyday images. For example, his bright portraits
of celebrities like Marilyn Monroe, the famous actress, became very fashionable. The British Pop artist
Eduardo Paolozzi collected pictures and advertisements from magazines to use in his works. Another well –
liked Pop artist was Roy Lichtenstein. Instead of using products or advertisements, most of his works were
similar to images in the comic books that children read every day.
Many people in the art world do not accept Pop Art as a real art from. They can’t see why a dull painting
of an ordinary can of soup should be part of an art exhibition. However, many original Pop Art works have
sold for millions of dollars. Many works have also appeared on music album covers. All in all, the most
important result of Pop Art is that it has created a new artistic way of looking at the everyday world.