The two pieces emerged from the pop art movement, which developed in America and Britain in the 1950s. The movement emerged from popular art, and most artists were interested in expressing their popular and commercial culture through painting. Pop artists were against traditional ways of artwork and started creating pieces that were closer to the lives and experiences of modern people. The pop artists were concerned on consumer products different forms of media such as newspaper, comics, Hollywood movies and popular music. A good example is the first given artwork title “Marilyn Diptych.” The piece is one of the noted silkscreen painting done by a pop artist from America known as Andy Warhol, 1962. The image is acrylic paint on a canvas where one side is painted in colour while the other side is black and white. The artwork appeared like a publicity photograph with a commercial setting that either advertised either a film or a television program. The prints looked like the face of a celebrity.
Applying colour on one side and the other side black and white tried to depict transition in modern life. Warhol used the piece to magnify her cultural impact, which includes femininity. Marilyn Diptych became popular a time when feminism was widespread as women seek to demand equality. The second piece was created by another pop artist from American. Roy Lichtenstein named it “Hopeless” in 1963, and the painting was oil and acrylic paints on canvas. Just like other pop artists, Lichtenstein was interested in creating imagery of comic strips. The painting depicts the life and experiences of American culture, and from Hopeless piece, one could tell the image of the woman in a tenuous emotional state. Most of Lichtenstein’s artwork captured the attention of many audiences because pop art aimed to show the ambiguity of American culture. Both Warhol and Lichtenstein used similar medium and vibrant colour in their artwork. The intensity of colours used by pop artists was to create emotions from the comic scenes. Pop artists also concentrated on female” characters, emotions and portraits.”