Beautifully illustrated, a swinging history of the origins and wide influence of midcentury pop art in the United Kingdom.
‘Switched On’ is the first full-length history of British Pop Art, the movement that transformed the visual culture of postwar Britain and helped define the spirit of the 1960s. Through the lives and work of artists such as Eduardo Paolozzi, Peter Blake, Richard Hamilton, and Pauline Boty, it reveals a movement shaped not only by mass media and consumer culture but by class, aspiration, and social change. Set against the vibrant world of Swinging London, this book reconstructs a landscape populated by pop stars, film icons, wrestlers, and fashion models, showing how art and popular culture together reshaped modern Britain.
240 pages | 67 illustrations, 47 in colour | 6.61 x 9.21 | © 2027
Art: Art--General Studies
Music: General Music
