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Andy Warhol, 1928-1987 : commerce into art / by Honnef, Klaus.; Fahy, Carole,translator.; Burns, I.,translator.; Warhol, Andy,1928-1987.;
A critical observer of American society, 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 and Brillo 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 film in the 1960s, published the influential magazine Interview in the late 1970s, and also produced Warhol's own artwork: Warhol conceived the idea, and a worker in his factory carried it out. The work remained (consciously) unsigned--a fact which nevertheless did nothing to diminish Warhol's reputation. He once complained that rich New Yorkers would willingly hang his Electric Chain in their living rooms--as long as its colours co-ordinated with the wallpaper and draperies.About the Series: Every book in TASCHEN's Basic Art Series features: a detailed chronological summary of the artist's life and work, covering the cultural and historical importance of the artist approximately 100 color illustrations with explanatory captions and a concise biography.
Subjects: Warhol, Andy, 1928-1987; Pop art;
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Andy Warhol / by Danto, Arthur Coleman,1924-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-150) and index.The window at Bonwit's -- Pop, politics, and the gap between art and life -- The Brillo box -- Moving images -- The first death -- Andy Warhol enterprises -- Religion and common experience."In a work of great wisdom and insight, art critic and philosopher Arthur Danto delivers a compact, masterful tour of Andy Warhol's personal, artistic, and philosophical transformations. Danto traces the evolution of the pop artist, including his early reception, relationships with artists such as Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg, and the Factory phenomenon. He offers close readings of individual Warhol works, including their social context and philosophical dimensions, key differences with predecessors such as Marcel Duchamp,and parallels with successors like Jeff Koons. Danto brings to bear encyclopedic knowledge of Warhol's time and shows us Warhol as an endlessly multidimensional figure - artist, political activist, filmmaker, writer, philosopher who retains permanent residence in our national imagination. Danto suggests that "what makes him an American icon is that his subject matter is always something that the ordinary American understands: everything, or nearly everything he made art out of came straight out of the daily lives of very ordinary Americans .... The tastes and values of ordinary persons all at once were inseparable from advanced art."--Book jacket.
Subjects: Warhol, Andy, 1928-1987; Art and society; Warhol, Andy.; Warhol, Andy, 1928-1987.;
© c2009., Yale University Press,
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Andy Warhol prints : a catalogue raisonneÌ, 1962-1987 / by Warhol, Andy,1928-; Feldman, Frayda.; Schellmann, JoÌrg.; Defendi, Claudia.; Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 366-371) and index.
Subjects: Warhol, Andy, 1928-;
© 2003., D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers in Association with Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, Edition Schellmann, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts,
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