| Pop Art developed slightly differently in America | | | | Joe could easily identify the symbolism in their |
| and Britain but in quite a curious way - American | | | | work. |
| Pop artists were inspired by the burgeoning | | | | But it wasn't all that simple, Pop art was terribly |
| consumerist, media driven, fame obsessed culture | | | | close to the reality that they represented but it |
| of America whereas in Britain they were inspired | | | | was clear that they were re-creations of real |
| by the same - but different - they were looking in | | | | things. This is where the talent lay, American |
| at it from the safe or annoying barrier of the | | | | advertising had become very sophisticated, utilising |
| Atlantic. Pop Art was an affirmation of this culture | | | | many elements of modern art, therefore Pop |
| not a repudiation, there was a satirical quality to it | | | | artists had to discover different methods to |
| but it was far from the Dadaist destruction of | | | | distance their work, to save it from being |
| artefacts of mass culture. Pop artists were far | | | | consumed. Britain and America differed in their |
| from detached, they appeared completely | | | | approaches, the former had the luxury of being |
| swallowed by pop culture, indeed some became | | | | more sentimental and humorous but the latter, |
| more pop than pop itself. Like the culture that | | | | living in the eye of it had to be more bold and |
| they were interpreting, their work was easy to | | | | aggressive. |
| understand, it was far from elitist, the common | | | | |