Soup Cans and Superstars: How Pop Art Changed the World (2015)
Alastair Sooke champions pop art as one of the most important art forms of the twentieth century, peeling back pop's frothy, ironic surface to reveal an art style full of subversive wit and radical ideas. In charting its story, Alastair brings a fresh eye to the work of pop art superstars Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein and tracks down pop's pioneers, from American artists like James Rosenquist, Claes Oldenburg and Ed Ruscha to British godfathers Peter Blake and Allen Jones. Alastair also explores how pop's fascination with celebrity, advertising and the mass media was part of a global art movement, and he travels to China to discover how a new generation of artists are reinventing pop art's satirical, political edge for the 21st century.
Cast
- Alastair Sooke - Presenter
- Peter Blake - Himself
- James Rosenquist - Himself
Keywords
art, pop art
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Soup Cans and Superstars: How Pop Art Changed the World about?
- Alastair Sooke champions pop art as one of the most important art forms of the twentieth century, peeling back pop's frothy, ironic surface to reveal an art style full of subversive wit and radical ideas. In charting its story, Alastair brings a fresh eye to the work of pop art superstars Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein and tracks down pop's pioneers, from American artists like James Rosenquist, Claes Oldenburg and Ed Ruscha to British godfathers Peter Blake and Allen Jones. Alastair also explores how pop's fascination with celebrity, advertising and the mass media was part of a global art movement, and he travels to China to discover how a new generation of artists are reinventing pop art's satirical, political edge for the 21st century.
- Who directed Soup Cans and Superstars: How Pop Art Changed the World?
- Soup Cans and Superstars: How Pop Art Changed the World was directed by Jude Ho.
- Who stars in Soup Cans and Superstars: How Pop Art Changed the World?
- Soup Cans and Superstars: How Pop Art Changed the World stars Alastair Sooke, Peter Blake, James Rosenquist.
- How long is Soup Cans and Superstars: How Pop Art Changed the World?
- Soup Cans and Superstars: How Pop Art Changed the World has a runtime of 1h 30m (90 minutes).
- What genre is Soup Cans and Superstars: How Pop Art Changed the World?
- Soup Cans and Superstars: How Pop Art Changed the World is a Documentary film.
- Where was Soup Cans and Superstars: How Pop Art Changed the World produced?
- Soup Cans and Superstars: How Pop Art Changed the World was produced in United Kingdom.