John McHale was an artist and sociologist. He was a founding member of the Institute of Contemporary Arts, and a founder of the Independent Group, a British movement that originated Pop art that grew out of a fascination with American mass culture and post-World War II technologies. The Expendable Ikon: Works by John McHale consisted of a selection of 26 collages and a large construction based on the artist’s maquette and built especially for the exhibition. McHale’s collages—part popular culture, part fine art—were influential in the development of British Pop art.