Distinction Between Chicago Imagism and New York Pop Art
Chicago private art dealer Karen Lennox has said, "The Hairy Who sourced surrealism, Art Brut, and the comics. Pop art sourced the world of commercial advertising and popular illustration. One was very personal, the other anti-personal."
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