Pop

hip pop which was surrounded by protests emanating from the post-industrial period. During this period, in a bid to match with the fast changing technology, economic and political development, the poor were ousted from town settlement and marginalization was the order of the day. The real hip-pop music sprout out during this time (Rick 1994). Listeners as well as dancers occupied all the streets and subways and in a way this served as a protest against the post-industrial injustices as the pop…

Andy Warhol, an American artist who painted post-World War II, once said, “Everybody has their own America, and then they have the pieces of a fantasy America that they think is out there but they can 't see” (“Sunbeams: Issue 447”). The American Dream incorporates this sense of imagination and hope: it creates motivation to fully commit one’s time and effort in order to accomplish his or her ambitions. Warhol, however, warns people that aspirations requiring hard work can evolve into…

Born in Pittsburgh in August 6, 1928. Andy Warhol discovered many things, for one pop art. But before he knew he was good at it, he was diagnosed with sydenham’s chorea. Often he would stay home and lay in bed as he would do that he listened to the radio and collect pictures of movies stars. As he progressed with his mother encouragement he started to be obsessed with pop culture and celebrities. As his father died at the age of fourteen, he left money for his children for higher education.…

money he had towards Andy’s college tuition. Andy used to money to enroll in Carnegie Institute for Technology (now called Carnegie Mellon University) where he studied pictorial design. Andy graduated college and later came out with the idea of Pop Art. Pop Art is paintings that focused on mass-produced commercial goods. Andy Warhol also opened his own studio called “The Factory” which locals loved to visit. Andy Warhol was 58 when he died and his legacy will live on for many years after…

branched off from alternative music. Alternative pop/rock is a catch-all term for post-punk bands from the mid-1980’s and mid-1990’s. Since there are a variety of musical styles within alternative rock, all of them tie together and exist outside of the mainstream. Most alternative pop/rock bands signed onto independent labels in the 80’s. However, they did not receive as much support as the mainstream acts that were on major labels. Soon enough, alternative pop/rock began to be marketed as…

In the center of downtown Toronto, on 77 Bloor Street, there is a lovely little gallery that features the work of Andy Warhol. The art was displayed so the viewer could experience each piece or collection individually from the others. His prints invoke feelings unlike the feelings I have ever felt when looking at abstract art. The gallery was divided into six sections with each section depicting different ideas that he wanted to create. Some of his most famous prints were displayed like his sets…

painting “Drowning Girl” is an appropriated image from the 1962 DC comic book, Secret Hearts #83, drawn by Tony Abruzzo. It also incorporates elements of the well-known Hokusai print “The Great Wave off Kanagawa”. In keeping with pop art tenets, Lichtenstein borrows from pop culture while removing it from context in order to make his statement. Initial criticisms accused Lichtenstein of merely copying and not creating. But Lichtenstein made conscious choices about the subject of his…

are and how many times their wealthy relatives can get them out of jail. How much money they have, or the newest relationship they are involved with every other week. Thus, music is lost and meaningless. Pop music is no longer consisting of emotion, but instead themes of money, sex, and fame. Pop performers are well-known for their run-ins with police, their latest diet, or their most recent interactions…

include the music, the fashion, and the technology. Music is changing every year, so it is safe to say after a decade much more will change. Although there was more than one popular genre, the music of the 80’s can be associated with alternative pop. There were many artists that helped shape the 80’s such as, Madonna, Cyndi Lauper,…

allowed to wear anything they want? Is fashion a post-racial utopia? What’s gained and what’s lost when fashion makes trendy looks that were born of a specific time, place, and people? “‘Hip-hop culture’ has become 100 percent and without argument ‘pop culture,’ and that’s why…