Andy Warhol, "Self-portrait", 1986
Tags: Andy Warhol, Self-portrait, Photography, Pop Art
Andy Warhol is one of the most well known American artist
and a leading figure in pop art. One can measure this via Google hits – more than
20 million search results. And his work can be easily recognized by the man on
the street. Those paintings are masterpieces that made Pop Art a phenomenal art
movement. For example, you may find the following painting familiar. Marilyn Diptych contains fifty images of Marilyn Monroe.
Half of them are vividly colored and the other half are in black and white with
an effect of fading.
Andy Warhol, "Marilyn Diptych", 1962
Tags: Andy Warhol, Marilyn Monroe, Painting, Pop Art
Andy Warhol was more than a painter. He was also a photographer,
a filmmaker and a musician. Warhol worked in great depth in many different
forms of media. He was, in the words of writer, Peter Wollen: “Renaissance
man”.
Andy Warhol and Twiggy
Tags: Andy Warhol, Twiggy, Lesley Lawson
Warhol’s native city, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has the Andy
Warhol Museum, which is the largest museum in the United States dedicated to a
single artist. I visited there during my trip to the east coast last winter. It
was an amazing and inspiring experience. I also made my own “screen shot” in
the Warhol manner. You definitely want to check out their website.
The museum holds an extensive permanent collection of art
and archives from Warhol. They also have online galleries including several
levels of his work spanning his lifetime. So you can browse through a large
collection of artworks by Andy Warhol without actually visiting there!
Also, this is a link to Andy Warhol’s biography. The website
is very informative on Warhol’s early life and how his artistic career moved.
It provides the facts that help you understand Warhol’s art work better.
This website presents a documentary film on Andy Warhol. The
documentary was made all about the life and death of Warhol. It is an excellent
documentary especially for people who are into paintings.