3/24/11- Andy Warhol

So today we are going to look at Andy Warhol. I didn't want to use him as an example, but I felt his art needed a little light shed on it from my blog. Warhol's use of acrylics, printmaking, and screen printing helped shape art into what it is today, and helped lead the way in the Pop art movement. He got alot of his muse in earlier work from iconic american products and people. Campbell's soups, Coca-Cola, Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe are only a few of these.

 

Warhol was shot in 1968, of which he almost died. This influenced alot of his later paintings and screen printings.

This one was done in 1977.

What does it say to you?