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Jackie paintings, 1964,  AWF

Warhol used the repetition of media events to critique and reframe cultural ideas through his art. Jackie paintings, 1964,  AWF. Warhol took common everyday items and gave them importance as “art” He raised questions about the nature of art: .

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Jackie paintings, 1964,  AWF

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  1. Warhol used the repetition of media events to critique and reframe cultural ideas through his art Jackie paintings, 1964,  AWF

  2. Warhol took common everyday items and gave them importance as “art”He raised questions about the nature of art: Brillo Soap Pads Box, 1964,  AWF Knives, 1981,  AWF What makes one work of art better than another?

  3. Andy Warhol Warhol was born in 1928 in Pittsburgh as a son of Slovak immigrants. His original name is Andrew Warhola. His father was a construction worker and died in an accident when Andy was 13 years old.

  4. Quotes from Warhol

  5. The most recognised Pop Artist, Andy Warhol, used a photo-realistic, mass production printmaking technique called serigraphy to produce his commentaries on media, fame and advertising.

  6. Warhol showed an early talent in drawing and painting. After high school he studied commercial art at the Carnegie institute of Technology in Pittsburgh. ..

  7. Warhol graduated in 1949 and went to New York where he worked as an illustrator for magazines like Vogue and Harper's Bazaar. He soon become one of New York’s most sought of and successful commercial illustrator.

  8. In the sixties Warhol started painting daily objects of mass production like Campbell Soup cans and coke bottles. Soon he became a famous figure in the New York art scene. From 1962 on he started making silkscreen prints of famous personalities like Marilyn Monroe or Elizabeth Taylor.

  9. Warhol once expressed his philosophy in one sentence: …”When you think about it, department stores are kind of like museums”

  10. The pop artist not only depicted mass products but also wanted to mass produce their own works of Pop Art. Consequently Warhol founded The Factory in 1962. It was an art studio where he employed art workers to mass produce mainly prints and posters but also other items like shoes designed by the artist. The first location of the factory was 231 E.47th Street, 5th floor (between 1st and 2nd Ave)

  11. Warhol’s favourite printmaking technique was silkscreen.

  12. Apart from being an Art Producing Machine, the factory served as a filmmaking studio. Warhol made over 300 experimental underground films-most rather strange and some pornographic. His first one was Sleep and showed nothing else but a man sleeping over six hours.

  13. In July 1968 Warhol was shot 2 times into his chest by a woman named Valerie Solanis. Warhol was seriously wounded and only narrowly escaped death.

  14. Valerie Solanis has worked occasionally for the Warhol in the Factory and has founded a group called S.C.U.M. (Society for Cutting Up Men). She was its sole member. When Solanis was arrested the day after, her words were: “He had too much control over my life”

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