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Andy Warhol’s TV – Warhol, Andy, 1983
Andy Warhol was a prominent art figure in the 1960s onward, achieving his notoriety through exploiting contemporary ideas, controversies, figures, and trends of American society.
Marilyn Monroe – Warhol, Andy, 1967
He was constantly experimenting with new and different mediums as they became available. As technology evolved, so did Warhol’s creative processes. Throughout his extremely dynamic career, he would be known as an artist, filmmaker, magazine publisher, TV producer, and even as a band manager for The Velvet Underground from 1966 to ’67. He was one of the leading figures of the Pop Art movement, and was instrumental in shaping mainstream art into what we know it to be today.
POP Art – 4 – Grayson, Gary, 2013
The core concepts of Pop Art derive from practices of mass marketing and consumerism that became popular post-WWII, which was a time of massive economic growth and technological innovation. The result was a consumer culture unlike anything previously seen in American history. The average household had more disposable income and leisure time than ever before.
Campbell’s Soup Cans – Warhol, Andy, 1962
Following developments in print advertising and television, a new emphasis on graphic images and iconic brand logos emerged- and to this day, our society still takes this for granted (in fact, more so in this digital era than in Warhol’s time). This new fascination with consumerism promoted new standards of art that embraced repetition and abstraction, as well as universal truths and individual expression.
Thanks for the presentation, Noah! I like the images you chose. And I love Andy Warhol! He absolutely changed the game and still influences art today. I recently heard a phrase that I loved, that the 60s were “the birth of cool.” In my opinion, he was definitely one of the reasons why.