Two of the most unique and influential new art movements of the twentieth century were pop art and abstract expressionism. While they both emerged roughly ten years apart, in the 1950’s and the 1940’s respectively; on the surface they’re two vastly different though, in reality they are more alike than they may seem. Abstract expressionism is what most would think of when they hear the words “abstract art.” When you first look at a work of abstract expressionism there seems to be no recognisable subject however there are seemingly random shapes or splatters of paint. Abstract expressionism really brought into question of what art really is as it is vastly different than the famous art movements that came before it. The main goal of abstract
