Installation view of ‘Pop Art Design’ at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic unless indicated otherwise) As these exhibitions illustrated, artists ...

Pop Art emerged at a pivotal moment when mass consumption and communication strategies were just beginning to take shape, capturing the “inevitable phenomenon” of postwar American pop culture and its ...

Pop art has always celebrated bold colors, sharp contrasts, and turning ordinary objects into extraordinary works of design. Thanks to modern technology, that same spirit is now accessible to anyone.