Painting Pop at Abbot Hall Art Gallery. Until Saturday the 7th of October a very special exhibition is on at Abbot Hall, which focuses on the period around 1962, when Pop Art in the UK was at its height. The exhibit includes works by leading artists in British Pop Art who have been innovators of this field.
There will be fantastic pieces from the Tate collection by Allen Jones and David Hockney, as well as items from the National Portrait Gallery, Arts Council Collection, and the Royal College of Art. Pauline Boty, gets a special mention; often overlooked, she was a significant contributor to the genre and is represented by her painting Colour Her Gone, which is a portrait of Marilyn Monroe.
The exhibit looks beyond the likes of Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Jasper Johns and examines how on this side of the Atlantic many artists and visionaries had their own words to say about pop art and created pieces that are just as important and era-defining as those by the big American names.
As part of the exhibition, there is a 1960s style living room on display, just to get you into the spirit of the times.