Andy Warhol
Overview
Andy Warhol (1928–1987) is widely considered one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century. Synonymous with the US-led Pop Art movement he is often credited with originating, Warhol’s iconic images of Campbell soup cans, Coca Cola bottles, and Brillo soap boxes have a purchase on public-consciousness like with no other artist.
Adopting a technique of silkscreen printing to reproduce symbols of popular culture enmasse, Warhol has come to be seen as a figure who both incisively critiqued contemporary mass consumer culture, and who most exemplified that culture – an ambivalent position Warhol himself so quickly mastered: famed for his banal, emotionally-removed celebrity persona. No artist has ever tapped into – and provoked – the culture at large quite like Warhol.
Works
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Perrier, 1983 -
Marilyn (Invitation), 1981
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Cow (F. & S. 11.11A), 1971
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You're in, 1967
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Tattooed Woman Holding a Rose, 1955
