Why Is Pop Art Controversial ?

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After World War II, the British and American art movements known as pop art were born. The movement challenged fine art traditions by including imagery from popular and mass cultures, such as advertisements, comic books, and mundane mass-produced objects. This approach opened up opportunities for new avenues of creativity and even commerce, with entities like comic book stores gaining popularity. Since its inception, the crux of pop art has been to gain inspiration from people, places, and things happening in pop culture. By breaking found in standard forms of mass-consumed media like packaging, television, and advertisements, the pop art movement aimed to challenge the conventions of art by bridging the gulf between high art and contemporary culture. The agenda of pop art is that there exists no hierarchy of culture, and artists can produce art by drawing inspiration from any source. Some early pioneers