Pop Art and Design

Anne Massey is Professor of Design and Culture at LCC, University of the Arts London, UK.Alex Seago is Dean of the School of Communications, Arts and Social Sciences at Richmond, The American International University in London, UK. Previously he lectured in Cultural History at the Royal College of Art, UK.

• Introduction - Anne Massey and Alex Seago 1. Popular art, Pop Art, and ‘the boys who turn out the fine arts'Catherine Moriarty2. Cecil Beaton, Richard Hamilton and the Queer, Transatlantic Origins of Pop ArtDominic Janes 3. Althea McNish and the British African diasporaChristine Checinska 4. Programming Pop Art and DesignAnne Massey5. ARK Magazine: the Royal College of Art and early British Art School PopAlex Seago6. Prologue to Edward Wright, ‘Chad, Kilroy, the cannibal’s footprint and the Mona Lisa’ first published in ARK 19 (Spring 1957) Ann PillarFacsimile of article Edward Wright7. Pauline Boty: Pop Artist, pop persona, performing across the ‘long front of culture’Sue Tate8. A Dedicated Follower of Fashion’ Alistair O’Neill9. 'Where is this pop?' In Search of the British Pop PosterRick Poynor and Alex SeagoIndex

The next stage in the ever-expanding study of Pop Art—in Britain or anywhere else—should begin with this volume. Its editors and contributors offer vital, cogently presented expertise in design, dress, education and deep popular culture, without which no future Pop scholar or interpreter should proceed.