Keith Haring

Andy Warhol being one of the biggest influences in my work made him the obvious choice for this assignment. I see Warhol's influence on the world we live in everyday and strongly believe he helped in creating the pop culture obsession in America. Andy went from rags to riches and defines the American dream. His work has inspired many and continues to be recognized by people throughout the world. Born August 6, 1928 to Andrej and Julia Warhola, Andy was the youngest of three brothers. Andy's

African Americans have been the victims of police brutality throughout the postwar period. 1In an attempt to have better social and economic situation they migrated from the rural South to the country’s urban areas. 2 However, they faced the effects of racism and discrimination on Black men in America, particularly saying, they suffered from the most noticed arm of the country: the police. Police officers treated improperly and unjust of bodies of color, in particular black bodies.3 This research

Children of the World – Romero Britto , 2006. Picture retrieved from www.britto.com. "Art is able to reflect the celebration of the simple and good things of life. This is the most important to me!" (Romero Britto) Renata Cabral Paper II due Wednesday, March 23d. Dr. Marley About the Artist and the Art The art of Romero Britto gathers symbiotic elements of popular culture from Pernambuco - a state in Brazil -with sophisticated graphic composition, in the presence of the hybridism of the postmodern

I 've been watching, along with the rest of the world, a very sad unraveling of a human life. The recent events in the life of Britney Spears may not be anything new in the world of celebrity, but it certainly has been one of the most "put on public display" breakdowns in recent entertainment history. I was talking to my children last night about how truly sad the whole situation is, and how more people need to comprehend that even if they were never a fan of Britney or her music, they still need

Lavender skin, canary yellow hair, and cherry red lips. Gaudy might be the first word to pop into a person's mind when these colors are described to them. These bright, contrasting colors, simply have no right to be on the same canvas as one another, let alone create the image of a movie icon. Yet this was the whole point of Andy Warhol’s, Marilyn, painted in 1967. Breaking away from tradition, this was one of many portraits Andy painted in his artistic lifetime, and a prime example of the ever so

The contemporary art world has seen many changes throughout the years. Advances in technology, viewer outreach, and money has allowed for the visual arts to accelerate at a faster pace. With the advent of the Internet and social media websites, an implied growth of interests in the visual arts has been developing. One example of the impact social media has on the contemporary art world is the 2013 exhibition I Who Have Arrived In Heaven by Yayoi Kusama held at the David Zwirner gallery. Attendees