Andy Warhol Influences

Warhol wanted to capture the moments of protesters being attacked by police force to draw the issue to the public’s attention. He wanted his art piece to preserve a portion of these black protesters lives; what exactly they went through to receive the equality they now have today.

When we eat a slice of pizza we tend to wash it down with a bottle of Coke when we 're feeling sick we tend to have some Campbell 's chicken noodle soup when we think of rock 'n ' roll the name Elvis Presley comes to mind and for America 's sweetheart and movie actress there is none other than Marilyn Monroe. These for iconic objects and figures all have one thing in common they have stood the test of time and continue to be a part of American culture. Today I 'm going to talk about one man who took these ideas and started a new movement in the early 1960s it movement coined pop art where everyday recognizable images that have stood the test of time and continue to influence and be a part of American culture. This man goes by the name of Andy Warhol.

In the late 1950’s, Warhol began to have the interest in painting. He painted his first well-known paintings, which was based on comics, and ads he found in 1961. The next year the big spots lights came on and he had his big introduction on the Campbell’s Soup Can series, which changed him completely. Shortly after, Warhol got the inspiration and started working on a large variety of movie star portraits, including Elvis Presley, Elizabeth Taylor, and the biggest of all Marilyn Monroe. Using screen-printing process, and knowing that Marilyn was one of the biggest deaths in a while, he decided to take that for granted and come up with this marvilent idea to make him go viral.

For the second art encounter I visited the Museum of Art at BYU and viewed the Andy Warhol and Pablo Picasso print exhibit.There were several other modernist artist on display in the exhibit, such as Lichtenstein and Kalloeitz, however Warhol and Picasso were the artist that are most talked about in this course. Both of these artist are considered to be modernist, however their works look very different. Andy Warhol’s iconic Marilyn Monroe print was on display showing the industrial, pop side of modernist art. Warhol’s art imitates the negative social norms of the time. His lowd use of neon color and choice of subject add to the growing popularity of veneration of celebrities. He also was one of the first artist to mass produce his art, adding

When studying artists, styles of art and their respective time period, it is always important to find a few key artists that were responsible for the rise of new art trends. Traditionally, art has often a reflection of the most important elements within its respective time period, such as wars, religions, royalty, culture and expression. This is why the study of art history is needs to look deeper than simply understanding how certain artworks were created. Among the various artists studied in the course, Andy Warhol is definitely one of the most influential. Far ahead of his time in thinking and talented in several media forms, Warhol was a product of his time and defined his era with the use of his artwork, giving rise to other artists within the same time period. This paper will argue that Warhol was not only an influence to modern art, he defined the concept of "pop art", which combined consumerism and pop culture, creating works that questioned the norm of society at the time, while providing a strong influence to future artists. Warhol was hugely successful in his artistic efforts and several of his staple works will be discussed in regards to its significance and representation of its respective period of time, as well as Warhol’s influence on the history of art.

The sixties were a time of social and political change in America, and the art world was not left untouched. Early in the decade a new movement focused on popular culture and national icons began to develop. It was aptly named Pop art. "Many critics were alarmed by Pop, uncertain whether it was embracing or parodying popular culture and fearful that it threatened the survival of both modernist art and high culture..." (Stokstad 1101) Pop artists were not the first to make cultural statements with their work, however controversial art always draws criticism and attention. One of the most well known artists of the Pop movement was Andy Warhol, a young commerial illustrator from manhattan. Warhol's use of popular icons and brands as the focus

In Andy Warhol’s time he was seen as very commercial and not truly a defined artist. Warhol was very popular to average society but never quite Throughout his whole life he has had struggles with Sydenham’s chorea, terrible shyness, and lastly making artwork acceptable to other artists. And as we get farther from his time we see how much value and meaning there was in his work.

When considering the life and works of Andy Warhol, one thing is agreed upon for good or bad, he changed the visual construction of the world we live in. His window advertisements were the beginning of an era, where art would be seen in an array of forms away from the traditional paintings and sculptures of the old world. He made people see everyday material objects in a whole new light; through "Pop Art" he could transform mundane into extraordinary. He was a working man, a social climber, a builder, an acquirer of goods, and a known homosexual. These attributes all contributed to the interesting and complicated nature of his art.

When one thinks of The Beatles, some concepts that usually come to mind are the hippies, psychedelic drugs such as marijuana, and their timeless classics such as Blackbird, Yesterday, and Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. While these associations are founded in truth, the Beatles are also closely connected with the politics of that time. Their song lyrics advocate for peace and harmony in a world that was at war. The way they dressed, and the length of their hair showed a disdain for the social norms of the time. Their greatest influences were famous for straying away from the normal to find art in the unventured. The Beatles were created in a time of unpredictability, but their music will outlive them.

Only living in New York City for a short period of time Warhol had already developed an upscale list of clients such as Columbia Records, Glamour magazine, Harper's Bazaar, NBC, and Vogue.(2) Warhol quickly proved himself as a successful graphic artist which ultimately led to him holding his first solo exhibition at Huge Gallery in New York City.(3) However his first pop art exhibition in 1962, which is some of Warhol's most iconic work, was held in Eleanor Ward's Stable Gallery. This was the first display of some his most acclaimed works of art such as 100 Coke Bottles, Marilyn Dipych, 100 Dollar Bills, and 100 Soup Cans. During the years that followed Warhol began to use the movement of pop art in many of his other paints with a combination of influential celebrities such as Marylin Monroe, Mohmand Ali and Elizbeth Taylor. Then he would also use things in everyday life as well for his works like soup cans and glass

The death of very popular movie star Marilyn Monroe sparked Warhol’s interest to expose the realities of the pop culture. Monroe was a sex icon, fashion icon, as well as a cultural icon for the nineteen fifties and sixties. “The potent memory of the pathos and mystery of Marilyn’s death with the long-lived speculation surrounding it elevated her to the greatest modern star status. Warhol’s paintings participated in the public consolidation” (Copplestone 25). “Andy exaggerated the features of Marilyn Monroe that had made her beautiful” (Bolton 19). Also, the popularity of celebrities such as Jackie Kennedy and Elvis Presley soon began to sweep the nation (Wrbican). Warhol saw these people as icons for the sixties and also saw them as an inspiration to what would become his new art works. Despite how happy, pretty, or ideal the celebrities seemed on television, they were disasters in reality and Warhol executed his exposure of these secrets through pop art.

One of his jobs was to design the weather map for NBC’s morning news. In 1952 Warhol held his first exhibit, it was not a financial success, but it enhanced Warhol’s reputation as a commercial artist. But his spare time was now taken up with pop art, inspired by Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg, two young pop artist, Warhol had come across in 1958. He began to paint, draw and print everyday objects such as, dollar bills, soup cans, postage stamps, comic strips, and soda bottles. According to Warhol, these were some of the consumer products “on which America is built.”

Having been greatly influenced by Vincent Van Gogh, who was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter most famous for his work, Starry Night (Figure 1), and an “influential figure in the history of Western art” (McKenna, 2015, p. 83), my creative work in photography includes still life and local landscapes. According to McKenna (2015), Van Gogh used contrasting colours and tones to achieve dramatic and vibrant masterpieces. Van Gogh also liked to play with lines and brushstrokes to lead the viewer through his painting. These ideas of using contrast and lines from Van Gogh is what influences most of my creative work, but instead of using oil paint and brushes, I use my digital camera to paint light. A Man’s Best Friend (Figure 2), is a photograph I

Andy Warhol was a quintessential artist during the pop art era; some would say that Andy Warhol was the artist who developed pop art into the widely popular form of expression it is today. He was a true visionary; his use of simple objects as a muse for the various pieces he’s created, have become some of the most iconic and most recognizable works to this day. According to an article witten by PBS “article name here”, Warhol’s pop art ----- began in 1961 and one year later he introduced to the world one of his most prized prints which consisted of Campbell’s soup cans. Warhol produced this piece by aligning thirty-two canvases; on each canvas was a different flavor of Campbell’s soup. The idea was to have all the soups in chrolnological order and align them like they would appear on a grocery store shelf. Something as simple a can of soup put Andy Warhol on the map. Later that same year, after receiving positive feedback

Instead of taking the rejection with a grain of salt and moving on, Warhol interpreted it as a challenge to convince others to view him as a serious artist. He realized no one would take him seriously if he continued to pursue his interests such as displayed in “Boys Kissing Boys.” Instead of moving away from his homosexual subject matter altogether, Warhol found other less direct ways of including it in his work.