Andy Warhol a Contributor to Pop Art Andy Warhol was born in 1928 and died in 1987. His real name was Andrew Warhola. Andy Warhol was a contributor to the Pop art movement of the 1950s. Andy’s pop art pieces are well-known cultural icons. Many of his most recognized pieces are celebrity portraits‚ soup cans‚ and many of his films. He was interested in art since he was young. He contributed to art with the help of his mother who was also an artist. He started painting with two pieces of paper taped
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goods is economically desirable. Andy Warhol was amongst many other artists who were attacked for their open embrace of consumerism. He liked the idea that consumerism could unify Americans’ of all different backgrounds but he believed that there was a lack of creativity and originality in advertising. Warhol began to use everyday objects as his subjects’ and built on the movement that was later to be recognized as one ignited by him‚ known as Pop Art. After Warhol moved to New York‚ work came quickly
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Andy Warhol: Pop Politics Andy Warhol -- one of the most influential American artists of the twentieth century -- captured the likeness of some of the most visionary and powerful political leaders of the 20th century. Images of John F. Kennedy‚ Jimmy Carter‚ Ronald Reagan‚ Queen Elizabeth II‚ and Mao Zedong‚ among others will hang side-by-side when the Currier Museum of Art presents Andy Warhol: Pop Politics from September 27‚ 2008 through January 4‚ 2009. Pop Politics displays together for
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John Lennon by Andy Warhol John Lennon by Andy Warhol was created in 1985 (Christies.com)‚ shortly after the Vietnam War ended in 1975 (Kennedy Hickman). John Lennon‚ who was an antiwar activist‚ was assassinated in 1981 (Wikipedia). Due to his pivotal role in the music industry‚ he was extremely influential. Andy Warhol executed his portrait of John as a tribute four years after Lennon’s death. As a medium‚ Warhol used synthetic polymer paint and silkscreen inks on canvas (Christies.com). His
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Andy Warhol-Underground Movie Andy Warhol directed many underground movies with titles that were sexually explicit or off the wall terms like “Blow Job” (1964) and “The Nude Restaurant” (1967). His filmography spanned through out America’s 60’s in a time where sexuality was constantly being questioned and Andy Warhol responded with a series of subjects that pushed the limits of what is considered normal behavior. The New American Cinema Group/ The Film Makers Co-op a group of artist producers
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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 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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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- Research Artist Andy Warhol was heavy handed in his use of repetition and color. He used these elements in many of his screen printed creations. This print of Marilyn Monroe‚ first produced in 1967‚ has become an iconic image often replicated and referenced in the media. Altering colors overlaying the same contoured image is a style now commonly seen. More than twenty years after his death‚ Andy Warhol remains one of the most influential figures in contemporary art and culture. Warhol’s
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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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