I decided to write my essay on the Andy Warhol exhibition because I was not only intrigued by his action packed life history, but even more importantly by his outstanding work. I find it very interesting to see the gradual development and variation of his work that reflected on what was happening in his life and in the world at that time. His work is very personal to his life but also to the American public, and I believe and he finds a clear way to portray this through his work. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1928 to Slovakian parents. The family maintained a lot of their heritage and culture while living in America. At the age of 8, Warhol was diagnosed with a rare disease of the nervous system, St. Vitus ’ dance, which resulted in him often …show more content…
Warhol then began to win awards for his unique and playful style and techniques, becoming one of the most successful commercial artists of the 1950’s. Towards the late 50’s was when he devoted his time to printing and painting, he developed his famous “blotted line” technique. He would apply ink to paper and then apply another piece on it while the ink was still wet; this was the origin of his repeated techniques. At this time Pop Art was born. It was first displayed on the backdrop of a window display of American Department store, Bronwit Teller, in New York in April of …show more content…
His head is not involved in the composition to give even more emphasis to his torso. It consists of harsh scars on his skin from being seriously wounded after the attempted assassination. This striking photo was taken on 30th of October 1969, as part of a collection called “Andy Warhol and members of the factory.” This photograph captures the workers at Warhol’s studio in full frontal nudity, also including a nude transsexual. These images caused uproar in the media due to the absurdity at the time. It was very rebellious for Warhol and Avedon to release