Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol was considered a legend during his lifetime, as he brought thought to the everyday gossip and concepts of life. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1928 and studied at Carnegie Institute of Technology. After receiving his bachelor in fine arts he moved to New York City to become a "commercial artist". In New York City he did work for the magazines Harper's Bazaar and Vogue. As he entered into the New York culture scene he began painting celebrity portraits. His work was influenced by the many famous artists during the Renaissance and Baroque periods, but also by the city life. His paintings and other pieces of art brought controversy to the glitzy world of Hollywood and the celebrities and value within it. Warhol combined business and art and had the ability to overpower the trends of the 1960's. With this unique style and confidence, he entered the world of consumer advertising with such pieces as the Campbell Soup painting and more. The decade of the 1960's is known even today as a decade of social and political change. He produced pieces such as his Gun painting and the Electric Chair painting to mirror his beliefs and/or disgust of controversial political concepts and happenings; however, this decade also
This print has a graininess effect said by Warhol to "show the hint of tragedy covering Jackie O. While silkscreening can be used with colors or black and white, Warhol usually used colors to express ideas. The first picture (counting clockwise from the top left) is a face-on shot portraying his beauty and appeal to the public. Not just the dollar signs represent value to Warhol, but also the fact that it is a painting. This painting can be seen as a documentary news piece that reflects the American political and social history. An Andy Warhol piece of art is easily distinguishable from other artists' work; he used many different techniques all in one piece and the majority of his work has a repetition of the same, though slightly altered, image. I chose three different paintings by Andy Warhol, all expressing slightly, if not drastically, different ideas about fame, money, tragedy, and more. His use of colors and different materials is very inspirational to me and I now hope to make some pieces that include such a wide variety of materials, textures, ideas, and more. Warhol linked art to consumerism with this painting as he blatantly portrays that, to the American people, art is judged by its financial value, not by the personal taste of the individual. I think this painting might represent the sex part of the "sex, drugs, and rock and roll" that fascinated Warhol so much. The three pieces are called "Mick Jagger", "Jackie O", and the "Dollar Sign". Unlike many other paintings by Warhol, this one has a very distinct image that is not obstructed or distorted by lines, paint, or other materials. The Mick Jagger piece is made up by four different photographs of Mick Jagger, fit into a two by two rectangle.
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