I don't mean this, but I'm going to say it anyway. I don't really think of pop art and serious art as being that far apart.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Pop Art looks out into the world. It doesn't look like a painting of something, it looks like the thing itself.
It may well be, of course, that America's pop culture is on balance better than our high art. I don't think so, but you can certainly make a case that the best of it aspires to a degree of aesthetic and emotional seriousness that is directly comparable to all but the very greatest works of high art.
There is a lot of snobbery towards pop music, to me and pop in general - it's kind of a despised art form.
There is still some art in pop music. But it can't happen if you're not inspired.
Art is too serious to be taken seriously.
There can be nothing exclusive about substantial art. It comes directly out of the heart of the experience of life and thinking about life and living life.
I have a pretty expanded view of what art is. I include pop music and even some sports.
I see no reason why the artistic world can't absolutely merge with Madison Avenue. Pop art is a move in that direction. Why can't we have advertisements with beautiful words and beautiful images?
Pop art is the inedible raised to the unspeakable.
I find pop art really offensive because it's taking a piece of popular culture and putting it somewhere where people can't see it.