Written By Lindsay Hargrave Photos By Josh Zegans Consumerism and advertising: these two things have shaped not only our economy, but also our culture. The Pop Art movement focused on these two ideas as a basis for most of its subject matter, giving it a pretty unified message: we are consumers, and that can define our lives. Although many tend to associate heavy consumerism with the United States alone, pop art spreads across continents, making its mark everywhere from England to Japan to Argentina.