pop art

noun

variants often Pop Art

: art in which commonplace objects (such as road signs, hamburgers, comic strips, or soup cans) are used as subject matter and are often physically incorporated in the work

pop artist noun

often Pop artist

Examples of pop art in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

British artist Philip Colberthas installed 36 giant lobster sculptures among Pompeii’s ancient ruins, creating a surreal mash-up of pop art and Roman history inspired by a 2,000-year-old lobster mosaic found at the site. — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 20 July 2026

Andy Warhol silk-screened a reproduction of The Last Supper, turning it into a piece of kaleidoscopic pop art. — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 12 May 2026

Build-a-Bear Uniqlo x Pokémon Courtesy of Pokemon Japanese casual fashion brand Uniqlo is a go-to for striking graphic tees—previous collections have focused on high art to pop art, the best of Shonen Jump manga, and classic anime. — Matt Kamen, Wired News, 27 Apr. 2026

Their careers lasted from the early years of modernism through pop art of the 1960s and beyond. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for pop art

• apart
• depart
• flowchart
• forepart
• impart
• pushcart
• rampart
• redstart
• restart
• subpart
• sweetheart
• upstart