1 / 19

Andy Warhol & Portraits…

Andy Warhol & Portraits…. Andy Warhol. Andy Warhol, Self-Portrait, 1986. Andy Warhol. Born in 1928 Painter, printmaker, filmmaker, author & record producer Pop Art (popular culture) One of his artworks, “The Eight Elvises” was sold for $100 million in 1963 Died in 1987. What’s Popular?.

orenda
Download Presentation

Andy Warhol & Portraits…

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Andy Warhol& Portraits…

  2. Andy Warhol Andy Warhol, Self-Portrait, 1986

  3. Andy Warhol • Born in 1928 • Painter, printmaker, filmmaker, author & record producer • Pop Art (popular culture) • One of his artworks, “The Eight Elvises” was sold for $100 million in 1963 • Died in 1987

  4. What’s Popular? • Warhol was fascinated with the way people and products become so popular • He printed thousands of colourful pictures of famous movie actors, singers, brand-name foods and cartoon characters • Many people loved his Pop Art prints, and Warhol became a rich and famous start!

  5. Pop Art & Andy Warhol Andy Warhol, 32 Campbell’s Soup Cans, 1962

  6. Andy Warhol, Green Coca-Cola Bottles, 1962

  7. Andy Warhol once said everything he painted - from a can of Campbell's soup to a bottle of Coke - should really be classed as a portrait.

  8. Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa”

  9. Andy Warhol; Mona Lisa Four Times; 1978 Andy Warhol, Mona Lisa; 1963 Serigraph

  10. Imagine a Famous Movie Actor… • Warhol clipped a photograph of the beautiful movie star from a newspaper • He and his helpers printed out her photo with ink and a process called photo-silkscreening • Instead of normal skin colours, he printed the star’s face over and over in fun, unusual colours and black & white.

  11. Marilyn Monroe Andy Warhol’s famous multiple screen-prints of Marilyn Monroe (1963), based on an image he cut out of a poster for the film “Niagara”.

  12. Andy Warhol’s Portraits • 1960s, 70s and 80s, produced more than 1000 portraits • Subjects included Wayne Gretzky, Princess Diana, Mick Jaggar… • Always charged the same for a set of portraits - $25,000 for the first and $15,000 for the second • Some years, was making $1 million on portraits alone

  13. Ethel Scull 36 Times on display at the Andy Warhol exhibition, Grand Palais, Paris. Photograph: Yoan Valat/EPA -retrieved Nov. 2010 from http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/mar/18/andy-warhol-grand-palais-paris

  14. OWarhol-Inspired Portraits… 1. Take digital photos 2. Print and make 4 copies • Add fun, unusual colours • Mount all 4 images together

  15. Digital Photography

  16. Tips for Taking Photos… • Decide on the subject (focal point) • Get in close • Hold the camera steady • Focus (auto) • Flash (glare?) • Check your backgrounds • Experiment

  17. Things to Consider… • Is the image in focus? • Is it a close-up? • Does the photo ‘capture’ you? • Is it an interesting pose? • Does this photo/pose tell something about you? Choose your favourite pose.

More Related