Essays on Andy Warhol

Formal Interpretation Artist Andy Warhol has used Marilyn Monroe as both inspiration and as a focal point. The way he has arranged the whole piece has created a sense of balance. He has created balance by using numerous art elements and principles including colour, contrast and repetition. He has evenly divided the piece into two....

Everyone’s heard of Andy Warhol, famous for pioneering the 1960’s movement of pop art and his commercialisation of everyday objects and celebrities. Following WW2, Warhol captured the mass production and consumer culture boom through his art. Most notably, his Campbell’s Soup Cans (1962) piece which summarises these ideas. Warhol painted thirty-two canvases of Campbell’s soup...

Andy Warhol is a renowned American painter, filmmaker, draftsman, and printmaker born in 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Historians regard him as a prolific figure of his time that enthralled the international audience with his aesthetics, appearance, and attitude towards the pop art movement. The artist is well-known for his expertise and experience in commercial art....