A new exhibition dedicated to pop art has just opened its doors at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, in northern Spain.
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00:00 Bill Bauer`s Guggenheim Museum in Spain is soon to feature some pop art. The exhibition
00:08 Signs and Objects Pop Art from the Guggenheim Collection features works from the holdings
00:12 of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. The exhibition showcases the development
00:17 of the pop art movement, which emerged in the late 1950s in England and later in 1960
00:23 in the United States.
00:27 Pop art is really characterized by its use of mass media and visual imagery from popular
00:33 culture, so drawing on billboards, advertisements and newspapers.
00:42 Pop art`s heyday lasted until around the 80s. At the time, society was mainly characterized
00:48 by consumerism. The exhibit is showing at Bill Bauer`s Guggenheim Museum until the 15th
00:54 of September.
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