Pop Art Style book, Editions ASSOULINE

Pop Art Style, Editions ASSOULINE

272 pages

More than 180 illustrations

English language

Released October 2022

L 24.76 x W 33.02 x D 3.56 cm

Hard linen cover

ISBN: 9781649800732

2.3 kg

In the 1950s, a young man from Pittsburgh named Andy Warhol made a comfortable living as a commercial illustrator in New York. But his ambitions went well beyond that: soon he was painting Coca-Cola bottles and filling a gallery with paintings of Campbell's soup cans. He was certainly not the first to create a Pop work, but Warhol quickly became a brand himself, synonymous with this new art form that embodies everything that is young, subversive, bright and fresh.

From proto-supermodel Twiggy sporting false eyelashes and a Union Jack dress in Swinging London to Eero Aarnio's enveloping Ball chair, Pop has infiltrated so deeply into fashion, furniture and design products that it's difficult to separate the look and feel of the 1960s and 1970s from the art of the era. No doubt to Warhol's greatest pleasure, Pop was not content to be inspired by pop culture, it became pop culture.

After this first wave, the movement did not never really disappeared. Each succeeding generation of artists and designers has revived the vital force of pop while giving it a new direction. Indeed, with Instagram and TikTok on the ubiquitous pop-colored iPhones, social media is to fans today what advertising and Hollywood were to pop artists sixty years ago.

After the success of the Travel series, Assouline presents the Style series, which highlights some of the most iconic art movements and design styles, revealing their historical impact and continuing influence on our culture today. This colorful volume brings together dynamic images from different eras and media to express the energy and exuberance of sixty years of Pop Art style.

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