Description
Andy Warhol is a leading figure of the pop art movement. As a creative and critical observer of American society, he managed to find the right keys to such relevant topics as consumption, materialism, media, and celebrity. He created advertisements, comics, prints of everyday objects, and portrayed the most famous faces of Hollywood, contributing to a radical reassessment of what constitutes an artwork. Thanks to Warhol, a can of Campbell's soup and a bottle of Coca-Cola became objects with the same artistic value as items in classical still lifes. Along with this, Warhol radically transformed the role of the artist himself: with his famous phrase "I want to be a machine," he expressed disdain for the concept of authorship. He worked using mass production methods, had dozens of assistants, and liked to call his studio a factory. This book provides insight into Warhol's extensive and colorful body of work, which brought themes such as housing, production, and consumption into art, thus completely redefining the notions of "high" and "low" art.
Information
Author: Honnef Klaus
Publication date: November 2, 2020
Manufacturer: Nakladatelství SLOVART s. r. o.
Genres: Art and architecture, Non-fiction literature, Books, Specialized and technical literature
Type: Hardcover books
Pages: 96
ISBN/EAN: 9788075298782