The artists of the Pop Art movement of the 1950s and 1960s turned everyday objects into pictorial motifs, which they often placed in a new context, presented in oversized form or multiplied in new colour combinations as serial images. They took their inspiration from comics, the world of consumption, design, fashion, music, film or advertising. In contrast to the abstract currents of 20th century painting, the aim was again to make things work in themselves.
