Art Pop Art: An Aesthetic Term Paper

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Like many of the Pop Artists, Hockney frequently experimented with the media of his work, delving into both photography and film, and even set design. Photography, film, and other new media have proved to be a 'natural' outlet for Pop Artists. Since Pop Art cannibalizes the subject matter of popular culture, using the other tools of popular culture such as reproduction and the moving image seems like a natural progression. Some of David Hockney's most brilliant, acclaimed and interesting work have come from his use of collages, or composite photographs, designed to challenge the limitations of still life. Hockney said he strove to create a 'complete' picture of a moment in time in photography -- an impossible task, perhaps, but deliberately so. His use of composites also shows how a single moment, like a conversation, is made up of a multiplicity of perspectives ("David Hockney -- Photocollage," h2g2, 2000).


Pop Art thus continues to grow and evolve as an aesthetic movement, as it challenges the viewer's perspective. Its coolness and self-reflexive quality still suits the modern age, and its leading exponent, Andy Warhol, has himself become an icon as easily identified as Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor or the famous Campbell's soup can. Warhol would have appreciated the irony.

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