I Shot Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol Never before have I encountered more intriguing works of art than those done by Andy Warhol. I have been curious about his life ever since I saw his work in Milwaukee. I saw his famous work of the Campbell's Soup Can. By viewing this, one can tell he is not your average artist. I'm sure his life is full of interesting events that shaped him into who he was. As an artist myself, I would like to get to know the background of his life. I may then be able to appreciate his styles and understand

Introduction Andy Warhol, Pop Artist or piece of Pop Art? Many people believed Andy Warhol’s personality to be very plastic, fake and odd. Warhol constructed the image of a cold, manufactured person which he portrayed as himself to the public eye. Was this however his true personality or perhaps one of his most successful art performances? I intend to discuss how Warhol’s fascination with Hollywood had such a large influence on his work and his appearance. Warhol wanted his persona to become as

contemporay art in London, begun around 1952-1953.”. The Pop Art movement was mostly associated with these New York artists, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenquist,and Claes Oldenburg. Andy Warhol was born on August 6, 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He had two older brothers, John and Paul. At the age of six, due to an illness, he was confined to his bed. Andy had chorea. Chorea is a disease that causes involuntary movements, that get worse in situations of stress or anxiety. Some cases

Hailed as the founding father of the Pop Art movement in the late 1950's and early 1960's, Andy Warhol, through his endeavors, brought forward society's obsession with mass culture and allowed it to become the subject of his art. He produced works that defied and challenged the popular notion of what art should be by disputing the "traditional conventions pertaining to the uniqueness, authenticity, and authorship" of art (Faerna 28). However, it is an injustice to say that Warhol's goals primarily

Andy Warhol , was one of the most iconic painters to date. Known for his unconventional takes on images varying from Marilyn Monroe to soup cans, his love of bright colors and bold patterns brought these images to life and helped pave his way as a major figure in the pop art movement. His work really set the tone of the “Pop Art” Era. It pulled in a lot of pop culture and always made some kind of statement, whether noticeable or not contrary to the previous generation. For example, when Andy was

The Pop Art Movement was one of the biggest visual art movements of the 20th century. Therefore it is extremely significant. Pop Art is simply an abbreviation for popular art work. Numerous artists such as such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenquist and Claes Oldenburg started this phenomenal movement form the 1950’s and onwards. It came at a time after a two decade period where abstract art was extremely popular. Pop Art is the movement in art when artists began to create art with the

movements, and the lack of motor skills. Upon extreme ridicule in school and worsening of his condition, his kitchen was turned into a makeshift recovery room. It is in this room that Andy began to collect celebrity pictures and formed his obsession with popular culture. Eventually getting better, at around age 9 Andy was enrolled in art classes at the

Biography of Andrew Warhol Born Andrew Warhol on August 6, 1928 (some sources say 1927), in Forest City, Pennsylvania, the son of a construction worker and miner from Czechoslovakia. He attended the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh from

bold colors, and they also adopted the silk-screening. They also established and idea were there work had its own originality. Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein were very aware of the past however there idea was to connect fine art with pop culture. There ideas came straight from the televisions, advertisements, films, and cartoons. Nevertheless the famous creations of Warhol and Lichtenstein and other artist, managed to stamp the 1950 and 1960 as the pop art era. The pop art first emerged in the

“Pop Art looks out into the world. It doesn't look like a painting of something, it looks like the thing itself.”, Roy Lichtenstein. This quote genuinely shows the essence of Pop Art and how Pop Art became a whole different breed of art. Pop Art came like a thunderstorm taking over the globe in the late 50’s and the early 60’s and has continued to be a staple in the world of art. Pop Art has played a massive part in art history and in history in general. The aim for this paper is to inform audiences