Editing Pop art (section)

== New Zealand ==
[[File:Pisupo lua afe (Corned beef 2000).jpg|thumb|[[Michel Tuffery]]'s ''[[Pisupo Lua Afe (Corned Beef 2000)|Pisupo lua afe (Corned beef 2000)]]'' (1994)]]
In New Zealand, pop art has predominately flourished since the 1990s, and is often connected to [[Kiwiana]]. Kiwiana is a pop-centered, idealised representation of classically [[Kiwi (people)|Kiwi]] icons, such as [[Meat pie (Australia and New Zealand)|meat pies]], [[kiwifruit]], [[tractor]]s, [[Flip-flops|jandals]], [[Four Square (supermarket)|Four Square]] supermarkets; the inherent [[Camp (style)|campness]] of this is often subverted to signify cultural messages.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Op + Pop|url=https://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/exhibitions/op-pop|access-date=2021-07-22|website=christchurchartgallery.org.nz}}</ref> [[Dick Frizzell]] is a famous New Zealand pop artist, known for using older Kiwiana symbols in ways that parody modern culture. For example, Frizzell enjoys imitating the work of foreign artists, giving their works a unique New Zealand view or influence. This is done to show New Zealand's historically subdued impact on the world; [[Naive Art|naive art]] is connected to Aotearoan pop art this way.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dick Frizzell – Overview|url=https://thecentral.co.nz/artists/dick-frizzell/overview/|access-date=2021-07-22|website=The Central|language=en}}</ref>

This can be also done in an abrasive and deadpan way, as with [[Michel Tuffery|Michel Tuffrey]]'s famous work ''[[Pisupo Lua Afe (Corned Beef 2000)]].'' Of [[Samoans|Samoan]] ancestry, Tuffery constructed the work, which represents a bull, out of processed food cans known as ''pisupo''. It is a unique work of western pop art because Tuffrey includes themes of neocolonialism and racism against non-western cultures (signified by the food cans the work is made of, which represent economic dependence brought on [[Samoans]] by the west). The undeniable indigenous viewpoint makes it stand out against more common non-indigenous works of pop art.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Collections Online – Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa|url=https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/235630|access-date=2021-07-22|website=collections.tepapa.govt.nz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Collections Online – Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa|url=https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/topic/1110|access-date=2021-07-22|website=collections.tepapa.govt.nz}}</ref>

One of New Zealand's earliest and famous pop artists is [[Billy Apple]], one of the few non-British members of the [[Royal Society of British Artists]]. Featured among the likes of [[David Hockney]], American [[R. B. Kitaj|R.B. Kitaj]] and [[Peter Blake (artist)|Peter Blake]] in the January 1961 RBA exhibition ''Young Contemporaries'', Apple quickly became an iconic international artist of the 1960s. This was before he conceived his moniker of "Billy Apple", and his work was displayed under his birth name of Barrie Bates. He sought to distinguish himself by appearance as well as name, so bleached his hair and eyebrows with Lady Clairol Instant Creme Whip. Later, Apple was associated with the 1970s [[Conceptual art|Conceptual Art]] movement.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-02-09|title=ARTSPACE – Billy Apple|url=http://artspace.org.nz/exhibitions/2004/billyapple.asp|access-date=2021-07-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130209134441/http://artspace.org.nz/exhibitions/2004/billyapple.asp|archive-date=2013-02-09}}</ref>