pop!

"Pop" began in Britain with the idea of an "aesthetics of plenty" and was established by the artists/architects/photographers themselves. Pop art in America, however, was established more or less by critics and art dealers. Happenings and Fluxus were established a few years before Pop art in America. How much of Pop art do you think is a direct reaction to the Fluxus idea of purging the world of professional and commercialized culture?