Pop star: The artist who elevated popular culture into high art Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is recognized today as the most important exponent of the Pop Art movement. He overturned the traditional understanding of art and placed in its stead a concept that retracts the individuality of the artist.Warhol was a critical observer of American society, exposing his compatriots' consumerism in his paintings (Campbell andBrillo series), as well as their fascination for sensational journalism. In 1963 Warhol founded his Factory in New York--literally a manufactory of ideas and work, which influenced...
Pop star: The artist who elevated popular culture into high art Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is recognized today as the most important exponent of the Pop ...
Whaam When the kitschy, banal, and mass-market became art Peaking in the 1960s, Pop Artbegan as a revolt against mainstream approaches to art and culture and evolved into a wholesale interrogation of modern society, consumer culture, the role of the artist, and ofwhat constituted an artwork.Focusing in on issues of materialism, celebrity, and media, Pop Art drew on mass-market sources, fromadvertising imagery to comic books, from Hollywood's most famous faces to the packaging of consumer products, the latter epitomized by Andy Warhol's Campbell's soup cans. As well as challenging the...
Whaam When the kitschy, banal, and mass-market became art Peaking in the 1960s, Pop Artbegan as a revolt against mainstream approaches to art and cul...
Meet Gerhard Richter, the German artist who redefined painting. Between abstract works and photography-based paintings, Richter pushes the medium's boundaries and reminds us of its urgency and importance in a world overwhelmed by digital images. This introduction to one of the greatest artists of our time explores his entire career.
Meet Gerhard Richter, the German artist who redefined painting. Between abstract works and photography-based paintings, Richter pushes the medium's bo...
Andy Warhol je čelný představitel popartového hnutí. Jako kreativní a kritický pozorovatel americké společnosti dokázal najít ty správné klíče k tak aktuálním tématům, jako jsou spotřeba, materialismus, média a celebrity. Dělal reklamy, komiksy, potisky předmětů běžné spotřeby, portrétoval nejslavnější tváře Hollywoodu, a tím vším přispěl k radikálnímu přehodnocení toho, co je a není umělecké dílo. Právě díky Warholovi se plechovka Campbellovy polévky a láhev coca-coly staly objekty se stejnou uměleckou hodnotou jako předměty na...
Andy Warhol je čelný představitel popartového hnutí. Jako kreativní a kritický pozorovatel americké společnosti dokázal najít ty správné ...
