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Introduction
The exhibition "Les Années Pop" took place at the Pompidou Center from March 15 to June 18, 2001. ... We will comment on French critics Gauville and Lebovici assertion that "perhaps theres something in the Anglo-Saxon sense of humour which is incomprehensible to the conservative French spirit" by first identifying the main features of humour in Pop Art and then trying to understand why French people may not appreciate it.
I Humour in Pop Art
A) Mostly ironical and absurd
Even though Harold Rosenberg described Pop Art as being "like a joke without humour, told over and over again until it begins to sound like a threat", humour, mostly ironical and absurd, is a key feature of the movement, alongside technology and mass culture.
Whereas the modernist period tried to influence society for the better, showing relentless advancement, progress and the perfect nature of man and the natural world, Pop artists no longer believe that they can influence society at large.
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