Pop art John-Moores-Exhibition in Liverpool in the same year. Apple and Hockney traveled together to New York during the Royal College's 1961 summer break, which is when Apple first made contact with Andy Warhol – both later moved to the United States and Apple became involved with the New York pop art scene. Although pop art began in the early 1950s, in America it was given its greatest impetus during the 1960s. The term "pop art" was officially introduced in December 1962; the occasion was a "Symposium on Pop Art" organized by the Museum of Modern Art. By this time, American advertising
Benjamin King (artist) Jay Henderson he formed the roaming curatorial project HKJB. This work has resulted eight group exhibitions in New York City, Montreal, and Mexico City. HKJB also publishes a blog called "HKJBlog" with permanent contributors reporting on visual arts in New York City and Los Angeles. HKJB was included in the 2010 Exit Art exhibition and 2012 art history text "Alternative Histories New York Art Spaces 1960–2010", published by MIT Press. In 2011, King, with artist Rob Nadeau, curated the group exhibition "Snowclones" for Joshua Abelow's ARTBLOGARTBLOG pop-up show series held in Ross Bleckner's Chelsea New York studio. His parents Meredith