Mod vs Pop Art

モッズ / ポップアート

Mod comes from Subculture Style and Pop Art from Pop. Both are read here as style. They are reached for with some of the same intent, which is where they get confused.

Mod

Mod — カーナビー・ストリート 1966 — Wikimedia Commons / No restrictionsMod — モッズの若者たち（CC BY-SA 2.0）Mod — モッズ・リバイバルの記事 1979 — Wikimedia Commons / CC0

Slim Italian suits, scooters and modern jazz made a rebellion carried out through refinement, and completed the marriage of consumerism and youth culture.

Pop Art

Pop Art — Andy Warhol《キャンベル・スープ缶》MoMA 展示 — Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 2.0Pop Art — Roy Lichtenstein《Brushstrokes》ポートランド美術館 — Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0Pop Art — Roy Lichtenstein《バルセロナの頭》1992 — Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 ES

Amplifies the vocabulary of ads and comics until mass culture itself becomes the picture.

ModPop Art
Eralate 1950s–1960s1950s–1960s
FamilySubculture StylePop
KindStyleStyle
CuesSlim three-button suits / Military parkas / Scooters and mirrors / The target roundelHalftone dots / Bold outlines / Primary colors / Repetition
Best used forDressing a group that competes on the accuracy of small details · A light outer layer that survives city travel and long nightsMaking products and campaigns pop instantly · Boldly reinterpreting familiar subjects
TypePick one mark, a roundel or an arrow, and use only thatComic-style extra-bold lettering
CompositionKeep a narrow line from shoulder to knee, broken once by the parkaBlow up the subject; panels and repetition
MaterialMohair sheen, slim three button cut, waterproof parka, chromed mirrorsRed, yellow, blue, black outlines, halftones
CautionAssuming that a roundel and a scooter are enough drops the precision of cut the style actually rests on, leaving a pile of signs.Overusing comic marks trivializes the content. Decide what you treat as mass culture.

Put these two together

Subculture Style ／ Pop

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