Exhibit in Philadelphia Explores Legacy of Women in Pop

PHILADELPHIA, PA.- As radical social changes rocked 1960s America, the contemporary art world remained largely a boys’ club that largely ignored female Pop artists as their male counterparts grew to become icons of the era, according to a new exhibit. “Seductive Subversion: Women Pop Artists 1958-1968,” an exhibit at the University of the Arts from Friday until March 15, focuses exclusively on the forgotten women of Pop Art and shows about 50 works — some not seen publicly in 40 [...]

University of the Arts Hosts First Group Exhibition of Women’s Pop Art

PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Warhol, Lichtenstein and Rauschenberg are names synonymous with the Pop Art movement of the 1950s and ’60s. Drexler, Webber and Chryssa, however, are far less familiar: they are members of the lost legacy of female Pop artists. Like their male counterparts, these and many other women artists enjoyed long careers creating Pop Art. And like the work of men in that movement, their work was characterized by themes drawn from popular culture: advertising, comic books and mundane objects. [...]