Andy Warhol (1928\u20131987) is hailed as the most important proponent of the Pop Art movement. A critical and creative observer of American society, he explored key themes of consumerism, materialism, media, and celebrity.<\/p>\n
Drawing on contemporary advertisements, comic strips, consumer products, and Hollywood\u2019s most famous faces, Warhol proposed a radical reevaluation of what constituted artistic subject matter. Through Warhol, a Campbell\u2019s soup can and Coca Cola bottle became as worthy of artistic status as any traditional still life. At the same time, Warhol reconfigured the role of the artist. Famously stating \u201cI want to be a machine,\u201d he systematically reduced the presence of his own authorship, working with mass-production methods and images, as well as dozens of assistants in a studio he dubbed The Factory.<\/p>\n
This book introduces Warhol\u2019s multifaceted, prolific oeuvre, which revolutionized distinctions between \u201chigh\u201d and \u201clow\u201d art and integrated ideas of living, producing, and consuming that remain central questions of modern experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Andy Warhol (1928\u20131987) is hailed as the most important proponent of the Pop Art movement. A critical and creative observer of American society, he explored key themes of consumerism, materialism, media, and celebrity. Drawing on contemporary advertisements, comic strips, consumer products, and Hollywood\u2019s most famous faces, Warhol proposed a radical reevaluation of what constituted artistic…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10152,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[4522],"product_tag":[159,2253,1146,524],"class_list":["post-10161","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-art-en","product_tag-art-movements-en","product_tag-graphics","product_tag-great-masters-en","product_tag-painting-en","pa_author_att-klaus-honnef-en","pa_cover-hardcover","pa_format-21-x-26-cm-en","pa_isbn-9783836543897-en","pa_language-eng","pa_pages-96-en","pa_published-2015-11-05-en","pa_publisher-taschen-en-en","first","instock","sold-individually","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n