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How did Warhol and Lichtenstein turn the everyday into art?

A soup can, a comic-strip panel: what if the ordinary was the icon of the century?

1950s-1970s3 min read5 partsQuiz of 9 questions
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Part 1 of 5 · freeIntroduction

Pop Art, from the mid-1950s to the 1970s, answered the American consumer society of the 1950s-60s and its mass culture. Advertising, comic books, Hollywood stars: everything became material for art.

With Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, the wall between the museum and the supermarket came down. The everyday object became an icon. The value of the artwork and the role of the artist were both turned upside down.

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  1. 2From the everyday to the museum
  2. 3Warhol: the studio as a factory
  3. 4Lichtenstein: the comic strip blown up
  4. 5The legacy: from the market to social media
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