Pop

Party of the Soviet Union), 1975 Emerging during the economic affluence of the United States post World War II, Pop Art is a movement during the late 1960s that can be characterised by the appropriation of commercial and highly recognisable images, bright colours, and the blurring of boundaries between ‘high’ and ‘low’ art. Tom Wesselman’s Still Life No. 35 may be seen as an example of Pop Art – the use of bright colours and visible prominence of several brand-names may even deceive viewers…

boring and so would tv and other types of media such as music. Andy the father of pop art created the modern look and feel of art paved the way for many artist after andy. Andy may have been one man but andy touched many and influenced great artist to create pieces of work that may seen odd but had a real meaning to them using everyday objects that we the consumers have grown accustomed to Andy is the father of pop art a real…

Berlin, Germany in 1983, by Ingo Ito and George DIN (see Gabriel Le Mar and George DIN). They originally conceived Bamboo Industry as a pop-duo project, mixing industrial sounds with influences of traditional Asian music. After they had recorded their first demo-tapes this way, they were joined by additional musicians and the musical concept shifted to an alternative pop band of the eighties with a touch of Bamboo. The first band line-up in 1985 was: * Ingo Ito: guitars + lead vocals * George…

in the minds and hearts of students, leaving them without a moral compass, and creating a void that can easily be filled with demagoguery. Along the way, Bloom staunchly defends elitism and ethnocentrism, attacks feminism, and lays out a critic of pop music that attacks not the just the immorality of the music itself, but also the industry that pushes the drug of rock. Each of these points is crafted largely through what Bloom considers a close reading of the western canon, the classical texts…

Throughout its years of prevalence in the popular music industry, the disco genre has always polarised opinions. The subject of some quite literally explosive protests, many have hated disco for its supposed vapidity and homogeneity, and few have defended it. I will assert that the “disco sucks” movement was a populist declaration of difference and supposedly superior taste, musical purism built on racist, homophobic and hyper-masculine ideologies. My essay will be based on ideas from Richard…

Pop Art The Pop Art movement began in the 1950’s. It was the art of popular culture. The visual imagery of pop art created a sense of hopefulness during the post war of the 1950’s and the 1960’s. Pop art was a revolt against abstract expressionism. The goal was to bring art back from it’s obscurity of abstraction into the real world again (www.artfactory.com) Andy Warhol was a famous artist of the Pop art movement. He was against the idea of craftsmanship as a way of expressing an artist…

and art, for this is a deep house cut. Take a listen to the subdued but punchy beats, the washes of synths that fade in and out. It’s like Pepe Bradock’s “Deep Burnt” (an unquestionable house classic) reimagined for the 2010s, with a Disclosure-esque pop spin on it. Truthfully, it’s brilliant, giving “Help Me Lose My Mind” a run for its money as Disclosure’s best song to date.…

promulgating and spreading far and wide during those times. This dynamic of what would be the favored form of music is perhaps the only constant thing in changing times. For the present, the tides in the music industry have never been so diverse. While pop is still dominating the charts, other genres, which were previously churning under the water, are now breaking through the surface - slowly introduced into the masses of mainstream listeners. One such example is 'deep house', a branch of…

his hypochondria as a child. He illuminated the world by changing the way people thought about pop art. Warhol created a styles of art where abstract color is added to popular figures. “ Warhol was one of the founders of pop art, a stylistic movement that representationally portrays the collective subconscious psyche of society through the common images of…

Japanese culture has plenty of roots in traditional Chinese culture. However, Japanese culture is rich and diverse, dating back to 10,000 BC when the Jomon people first settled in Japan. It is widely known for its traditional arts and its contemporary pop culture. Nowadays in Japan it is still possible to notice kimono-clad women shuffling down the street with umbrellas overhead and oversized sumo wrestlers battling competitors out of the ring. Moreover, a sophisticated cuisine, unique social…