Non-Aligned Pop: Case of Slovenia

During the late 1950s and early 1960s in Slovenia echoes of various movements within figuralics were limited to individual artists; however, in the second half of the decade, “new figuralics” established itself mostly among the younger generation. Pop became an umbrella term for an artistic portmanteau encompassing newer forms of figuralics painting. Slovene pop art could not hope to go head to head with already established groups of authors who had ensconced themselves in the key positions of the art world and therefore had almost no possibilities to get shown internationally. This is why in Slovenia interesting new authors and opuses are still discovered today.