Image Machine: Andy Warhol And Photography

by Joseph D. Ketner II

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Andy Warhol (/ˈwɔːrhɒl/ ⓘ;[1] born Andrew Warhola Jr.; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American artist and impresario whose work spanned various media, including painting, filmmaking, photography, sculpture, and performance art. A leading figure in the pop art movement, his works explore the relationship between art, advertising, mass media, and celebrity culture that flourished in the 1960s. Some of his best-known works include the silkscreen paintings Campbell's Soup Cans (1962), Marilyn Diptych (1962), Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster) (1963), and Eight Elvises (1963). He also directed influential films such as Chelsea Girls (1966) and Blue Movie (1969); the latter is credited with jumpstarting the "Golden Age of Porn".[2] Warhol is generally considered among the most important American artists of the second half of the 20th century.[n 1] Born and raised in Pittsburgh in a family of Rusyn immigrants, Warhol initially pursued a successful career as a commercial illustrator in the 1950s. After exhibiting his work in art galleries, he began to receive recognition as an influential and controversial artist in the 1960s. His New York studio, The Factory, became a well-known gathering place that brought together distinguished intellectuals, drag queens, playwrights, bohemian street people, Hollywood celebrities and wealthy patrons.[3][4][5] He directed and produced several underground films starring a collection of personalities known as Warhol superstars, and is cre

• Publisher: Verlag Fur Moderne Kunst
• Year: 2013
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Fine

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