“Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes”
Andy Warhol full of whitty remarks and with his own style that changed and made pop art a genre itself, completely recognisable and one of the most influential artists of the 20th Century! Ten years on from the turn of the century this icon still resonates, even more then 20 years after his death.
The 60s have been illustrated by Warhol by images reflecting the popular culture including Campbell’s Soup and (what seems to have become a running theme in my blog) Marilyn Monroe. Warhol was born in Pennsylvania 1928, studying at Carnegie Institute of Technology where he majored in pictorial design (Proving that good things do come out of a Carnegie University.) Moving to New York allowed him to illustrate for magazines; (You know you have made it when its...) Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar and The New Yorker, also doing commissioned advertising and window displays for retail stores. Warhol enjoyed a successful career as commercial artist but by that stage he had made it in his own right, producing exhibitions throughout 1950s.
Warhol also was creative through film and even had his two of his own television series, “Andy Warhol’s TV” in 1982 and “Andy Warhol’s Fifteen Minutes” for MTV in 1986. Warhol’s work has changed a decade, and is still relevant today. Fashion collection; Andy Warhol by Pepe Jeans London Autumn/Winter 2008 collection.
Six Handbags 1958
A personal favourite of my housemate’s with constant demands in her own transcribed version, an unknown painting and at first glance not a classic Warhol piece, framed in an gorgeous vintage pictorial way.
My love of vintage advertising material and vogue covers is concreted by this Vogue Paris cover Dec/Jan issue 83 to 82 of Caroline de Monaco by Andy Warhol.
Photo Booth Self-Portrait 1968
“Don't pay any attention to what they write about you. Just measure it in inches.” by Andy Warhol 1928-1987
the vogue and andy warhol self portrait are amazing, i want that style art in my house
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