Artist 8: Andy Warhol

Finally, an artist that is just a little bit more...recent. Yes, Andy Warhol is indeed yet another interesting artist who has some incredibly iconic works. Funny enough, most of his ionic works were that of...iconic figures/objects. His "Campbell's Soup" comes to my mind immediately. Warhol had a gift to make everyday, boring objects, well, interesting. I'm not so sure if I could have said to myself "You know what would make a totally famous picture? Campbell's Soup can." Nope. I don't think it would have come to mind at all. And of course this leads to great inspiration for many, what dull, everyday objects could be used to make something incredibly iconic one day?



His style which was very popular during the 60's/70's was "pop art." In other words, it was more or less comic book-like. Very bold colors, shading done with dots like a comic book. Something most people don't think of when they picture "fine arts" as it is a bit less "sophisticated" however it brought a whole new perspective on the arts and what one can do as an artist.



His art also shows up today what was "in" at the time period he made them. Now, I wouldn't say that soup was "cool" but...Marilyn Monroe was. And people ate that soup then, and still do now. So that company has lasted until today which is also something to dwell on. How many things have people painted that are no longer around? Who was famous then and still around/successful today? It's very fun/inspiring to look back in the not-so-distant past and compare things then and now, especially with art.

And I must add, I'd say that his hairstyle in his "Self Portrait" was way ahead of his time. Lookin' good Andy!