VISUAL ARTS ANDY WARHOL
Feb 23, 2016
V I S U A L A RT S
ANDY WARHOL
ANDY WARHOL
• Born August 6th, 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Graduated from Carnegie Institute of Technology
• Famous American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker
• Leading figure of the Visual Arts Movement
COMMERCIAL ART (1949-1961)
• Career in magazine illustration and advertising
• Whimsical ink drawings for shoe advertisements
• Expanded to album covers and promotional materials
• Glamour magazine and Columbia records
FINE ART (1962-1967)
• Also know as Pop Art
• Imitates methods, styles, and themes of popular culture and mass media that is reflected in comic strips, advertising, and science fiction
• Aspects of everyday American life
1950’S
• 1955 “Green and Yellow Shoe”
• Commercial Art
• Simple line drawing
• Painted
• “Shoe bright, shoe light, first shoe I’ve seen tonight”
1950’S
• 1958 “The Magic Porridge Pot”
• Commercial Art
• Simple line drawing • Painted
• Playful and fun images
1960’S
• 1967 “The Velvet Underground and Nico”
• Commercial Art
• “Peel slowly”
1960’S
• 1968 “Campbell’s Soup Cans”
• Pop Art
• Painting
• Established Warhol’s Reputation
1970’S
• 1975/1976 “Mick Jagger”
• Pop Art
• Painting and silkscreen
• Graffiti style
1970’S
• 1973 “Mao Zedong”
• Pop Art
• Painting and silkscreen
• Graffiti style
COMPARISON
1950’s 1960’s
COMPARISON
1960’s 1970’s
OVERALL COMPARISON
1950’s 1960’s 1970’s
VISUAL ARTS ICON
• Died February 22nd, 1987 in New York City
• Foundation dedicated to the “advancement of the visual arts”
• Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
THE MESSAGE
•Behind every artist is the same questions:
• 1) Develop an idea, question, or problem that is guided by art
• 2) Apply the arts to communicate and improve daily life and solve problems
IMAGES
• Powderrun, “Andy Warhol”, April 4th 2007, via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution License.
• Ian Burt, “The Velvet Underground and Nico 1967”, January 5th 2006, via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution License.
• Punxsutaweneyphil, “Campbell’s Soup Cans”, March 4th 2009, via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution License.
• Ian Burt, “Andy Warhol-Mick Jagger 1975”, May 2nd 2006, via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution License.
• Istolenthetv, “Warhol-Mao”, October 29th 2005, via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution License.
• Banalities, “Warhol-Roy Snell”, July 10th 2007, via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution License.
RESOURCES
•Slide 2- Artquotes, “Andy Warhol Biography”, http://www.artquotes.net/masters/warhol-biography.htm•Slide 4- Farlex, “Pop Art”, 2010, http://www.thefreedictionary.com/pop+art•Slide 14- Artquotes, “Andy Warhol Biography”, http://www.artquotes.net/masters/warhol-biography.htm