Neo-pop
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Neo-pop is a postmodern art
Postmodern art
Postmodern art is a term used to describe an art movement which was thought to be in contradiction to some aspect of modernism, or to have emerged or developed in its aftermath...

 movement of the 1980s. The term refers to artists influenced by pop art
Pop art
Pop art is an art movement that emerged in the mid 1950s in Britain and in the late 1950s in the United States. Pop art challenged tradition by asserting that an artist's use of the mass-produced visual commodities of popular culture is contiguous with the perspective of fine art...

, such as Jeff Koons
Jeff Koons
Jeffrey "Jeff" Koons is an American artist known for his reproductions of banal objects—such as balloon animals produced in stainless steel with mirror finish surfaces....

 and Sam Havadtoy
Sam Havadtoy
Sam Havadtoy is a British born Hungarian-American interior designer, contemporary painter and owner of Gallery 56. He is well known for being part of the artist circle of New York including – among others - Keith Haring, Andy Warhol, Yoko Ono and Jasper Johns.- Early life :Havadtoy was born in...

 in the USA. In the 2000s the work of Takashi Murakami
Takashi Murakami
is an internationally prolific contemporary Japanese artist. He works in fine arts media—such as painting and sculpture—as well as what is conventionally considered commercial media —fashion, merchandise, and animation— and is known for blurring the line between high and low art...

 in Japan and in 2009 the Arts project Nicolas Lepaulmier in French has also been described as neo-pop. Ken Done
Ken Done
Ken Done, AM is an Australian artist best known for his design work. His simple, brightly coloured images of Australian landmarks have adorned a very popular range of clothing and homewares sold under the "Done Design" brand.-Early life:...

in Australia became world famous for his businesslike approach to art related merchandise including tea towels, key rings, t-shirts, sarongs.
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