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“If you want to know all about Andy Warhol, just look at the surface of my paintings and films and me, and there I am. ... ” This comment made by Andy Warhol perfectly summarises the artist who gained worldwide notoriety for his silkscreen prints on such topics as ‘One dollar bills’, Jacqueline Kennedy, and Marilyn Monroe to name a few. Warhol was the first artist to take everyday, common images and transform them into works of art – Campbell’s soup, a soup which millions of people round the world ate every single morning were transformed into world acclaimed masterpieces when Warhol produced them There was no ulterior meaning to Warhol’s works – he simply portrayed the world as it was – a place where media dictated the sway of our lives, a place where money meant power.
Warhol’s work is principally about the relationship between art and the media, and most importantly the role the media play within our very lives. Warhol personally believed that the media formed a significant part of the way we think and act out our lives. Warhol does this by supplying us with his carefully chosen images and by filtering and altering the information presented to us, in a similar vein to the world media. The time in which Warhol lived was one of constant media attention – advertising and publicity slogans were plastered all over the world, and thus Warhol used the medium that he felt would gain most attention – media related imagery.
Approximate Word count = 1217
Approximate Pages = 4.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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