How Do You Recognize Pop Art From Japan?
Contemporary Japanese art has been strongly influenced by postwar American pop art and by Western music and film. Like American Pop Art, Japanese Pop Art borrows from popular culture, consumer products and comic books, but also is heavily indebted to traditional Japanese art and animation. Some Pop artists from Japan have found fame in the United States, while many art experts recognize Japanese Pop Art as the most influential Pop Art movement in the world today. Familiarize yourself with American Pop Art. Pop Art from Japan owes a debt to the 1960s American Pop artists, including Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. Read “Pop Art,” by Tilman Osterwold at Amazon (see Resources below). The author examines the styles, themes and origins of pop art from around the globe. Acquaint yourself with work of Takashi Murakami. He is the best known pop artist in Japan today and is considered the Japanese Andy Warhol. Learn about Japan’s “superflat art movement.” Takashi Murakami is widely-recognized
