But for 1960s Pop artists like Robert Indiana, the term might have been better defined as “anyone can buy anything.”
“Post-World War II, America has this economic boom, and because of that, there’s all sorts of fancy new modern mass-produced things being created,” said BYU Museum of Art curator Ashlee Whitaker. “America’s changing and it’s all this new kind of economic culture and commercial mindset, and advertising and media goes nuts, and that is a lot of what Pop is responding to.”
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