When you hear the words, “Pop Art”, most would imagine Andy Warhol and his vibrant silk screens. During the 1950’s, his work was new and completely different from rest. He liked to break boundaries or express himself, and had a long lasting affect on the art world.
The Pop Art movement began in the late 1950's and early 1960's. The founding father, or King of Pop Art, was Andy Warhol. He brought out society's obsession with eclectic and taboo culture through his use of techniques like isolation, repetition and color placement. Warhol showcased his views on materialism, politics, economics and the media through his art.
Warhol’s pop art was an example of neo-avant-garde art. This was a new approach on avant-garde, and was a bridge to the gap
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He wanted to display his view of America and the repletion of his life. Warhol felt that eating Campbell's soup represented being American, and a machine. Warhol wanted to explore these common images that are present in our everyday lives. In the 1960’s, Andy Warhol created several mass-produced art pieces from photographs of celebrities such as Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor. Warhol used the technique of silkscreen printing with bright colors. This technique can be seen in his Turquoise Marilyn and the Marilyn Diptych. The works are based on a publicity still of Marilyn Monroe, with vivid use of colors highlighting her eyes, lips and earrings. Warhol also famously “mass- produced” the same image in a variety of different colors creating the Marilyn Diptych. Warhol used famous people, like Marilyn Monore and Elizabeth Taylor, in his work, so the everyday man could recognize the subject matter he was painting. He also used everyday products, like Cambell’s Soup Cans and Brillo Pads, as a way to have the everyday man relate to his work. He uses these techniques as a way to showcase equality in all, and show the universal