scholar, appraising unreliable symbols .Both Johns and Rauchenberg were harbingers of the new art movement to come. As early Pop artists, they introduced the world to a new style of art, playing off abstract expressionism and looking towards the future. The 1960s:During the early1960s, art began to seep more and more into popular culture and expand into itself become a medium of vast difference. The 1960s were the most dynamic of the decades. Popular culture has its own art movement at this point and there were more and more new artists joining its ranks everyday. Not only was Pop art appearing more frequently as a new art movement, but other movements were being seen more often such as Minimalism, Optical Art, Post-Pop and Photo-Realism, as well as Conceptual Art. Pop ArtMost noticed during the early to mid 1960s was the Pop Art movement. These times can be summed up as times during which the entire country was experiencing a new cultural awakening mobilized by President John F. Kennedys proclamation of a New Frontier . The American Pop Art movement was centered in New York City during this time period. New York Pop included an enriching tale of humor combined with culture much unlike American Pop Arts cousin British Pop Art whose purpose was solely to undo the work of the abstract expressionists. The New York Pop artists also represented the fulfillment of the American idea of mass-production These new artists embarked on a style that did not limit them, but rather allowed them to explore the freest forms of their creative minds. Their styles, if one can be defined, all employed different elements, devices and meanings. They offered new artwork that was closely associated with the culture of the second half of the 20th century. They portrayed artwork through a variety of methods that differed from the ordinary painting or sculptureincluding commercial, comic strip, and food sculptures. They aimed to depersonalize art, removing su...
