Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? is a collage by English artist Richard Hamilton. It measures 10.25 in (260 mm) × 9.75 in (248 mm). The work is now in the collection of the Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany. It was the first work of pop art to achieve iconic status.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_what_is_it_that_makes_today's_homes_so_different,_so_appealing%3F

Richard William Hamilton CH (24 February 1922 – 13 September 2011) was an English painter and collage artist. His 1955 exhibition Man, Machine and Motion (Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne) and his 1956 collage Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing?, produced for the This Is Tomorrow exhibition of the Independent Group in London, are considered by critics and historians to be among the earliest works of pop art. A major retrospective of his work was at Tate Modern in 2014.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hamilton_(artist)

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    7 days ago

    I was reminding myself about Winston Smith, who created much of the early Dead Kennedys collage art, and jumped from there to Richard Hamilton. Amazing (to me at least) he was doing this in the mid-50s.