Pop Art: A Critical Analysis “Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.” (Warhol) Thus summarizes the unique and captivating art style: Pop Art. In a high commercialized world‚ Pop Art emerges as a contending force and took over the world of advertisement. The entrancing world of Pop Art has been a large part of our art culture since the 1950’s. In order to understand Pop Art‚ a close look must be taken towards
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Andy Warhol Andy Warhol was an American Pop artist‚ from 1928-1987. A pop artist is an artist who has a style that explores the everyday imagery that is part of modern consumer culture. Using things like consumer product packaging‚ celebrities‚ comic strips‚ and advertisements. Other pop artists are Robert Rauschenberg and Roy Lichtenstein. Andy Warhol was born on August 6‚ 1928 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Warhol died in New York on February 27‚ 1987 after a gallbladder operation. Andy Warhol
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the founding father of the movement‚ Andy Warhol brought forward society’s obsession with mass culture and allowed it to become the subject of art itself. Using many techniques such as isolation‚ repetition and colour placement‚ Warhol brought to the world of art his views on materialism‚ politics‚ economics and the media. Andy was quick to warn his admirers and critics‚ do not look any deeper than the surface of my art and my life’ (Bockris 21). Andy Warhol produced works that defied the popular
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Andy Warhol Andy Warhol was born in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania in 1928 as Andrew Warhola. He graduated from the Carnegie Institute of Technology before moving to New York where his first big break‚ occurring in August 1949‚ took place. Glamour Magazine had asked him to illustrate an article called “Success is a Job in New York”. He had dropped the ‘a’ in his last name when the credit mistakenly read “Drawings by Andy Warhol.” By 1955‚ Andy Warhol had almost all of New York copying his work.
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Andy Warhol was born August 6‚ 1928 in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania. In third grade‚ Andy had Sydenham’s chorea. He was often bedridden as a child he became an outcast at school and ended up bonding with his mother. At times when he was confined to his bed he drew‚ listened to the radio and collected pictures of movie stars.When Warhol was at age 13‚ his father died in a car accident. When Warhol graduated from Schenley High School in 1945 he had planned to study art education at the University of Pittsburgh
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Research Paper: Andy Warhol Background: Andrew Warhola‚ better known under his artist’s name Andy Warhol‚ was an American painter‚ graphic artist and designer‚ filmmaker and main representative of the pop art movement. Warhol was born on the 6th of August 1928 in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania in a working class family. His parents were immigrants from Czechoslovakia. From the age of eight‚ Warhol became very interested in drawing‚ movies and photography. Later Andy Warhol finished an apprenticeship as
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Andrew Warhol born in 1928‚ known as Andy Warhol‚ was an American painter‚ printmaker‚ and filmmaker who was a leading figure in the visual art movement knows as pop art. At an early age‚ he showed an artistic talent and studied at the School of Fine Arts at Carnegie Institute of Technology. In 1949‚ he moved from Pennsylvania to New York City and began a career in magazine illustration and advertising. In the 1950’s‚ he gained his fame‚ but during the 1096’s was when his first pop exhibits hit the
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In the 1960s an art movement known as Pop Art had begun. Pop art was meant to be simple to aid the audience in creating their own interpretations of the pieces. Two of the leading artists were Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. Warhol was a fan of women‚ unlike Warhol‚ Lichtenstein was inspired by culture; their paintings are both pieces of Pop Art but they are different because Warhol’s paintings are mostly of women and Lichtenstein’s are of famous cartoon characters. The artists used different techniques
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Pennsylvania on August 6th‚ 1928‚ Andy Warhol was focused on all his talents at an early age. He studied commercial art at the School of Fine Arts at Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh‚ now known as Carnegie Mellon University. After graduating with a degree in fine arts‚ Warhol decided to start his new life in New York City. He was lucky enough to find a job in magazine illustration and advertising and quickly began his up-and-coming career. Warhol became a significant figure in the
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Andy Warhol: A Pop Culture Icon Henry Matisse once said‚ "The freedom of the artist is in reality the impossibility of following the path beaten by all others." In other words‚ the degree in which an artist interprets the world that is laid out before him is what makes him unique. Andy Warhol was a master at creating a distinctive account of what came before him and what presently surrounded him. It was this rare talent that made Andy Warhol into a pop culture icon with a profound influence on
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