Andy Warhol:
The Art of Commercial Products, Advertisements,& Graphic Design
Exhibition
Sub Topics
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Mass Culture & Advertisements
Andy Warhol was a painter, printmaker, and filmmaker. He did artwork for advertisements and magazines between the 1940s and 1950s, and he became a leading figure in the 1950s Pop Art movement. The new form of artistic expression was displayed in Warhol's artwork. In 1961, Warhol first displayed the concept of Pop Art in his paintings as well as focusing on mass-produced commercial goods.
From 1961 on, he began showcasing depictions of popular commercial products such as hamburgers, Coca Cola bottles, Campbell soup cans, as well as portraits of celebrities such as Mick Jagger, Elvis Presley, and Marilyn Monroe.
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Commercial Products
Warhol began his career as a pictorial design major at Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1945. When he graduated in 1949, he moved to New York City to begin working as a commercial illustrator.
Once there, he realized his passion for art: his work was influenced by advertisements and comic strips, which can be seen in his Ad Series of 1985, which included
paintings of Apple, Blackglama (Judy Garland), Paramount, Rebel Without a Cause (James Dean), Chanel No. 5, The New Spirit (Donald Duck), Life Savers, Van Heusen (Ronald Reagan), Mobil, and Volkswagen (Lemon).
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Graphic Design
Warhol is widely known for his use of bright colors and huge rendering of objects like Coke bottles and Campbell's Soup cans.
The design of this site works to connect Warhol's commercial and artistic work to build a bridge between the two, render contemporary products with elements of Warhol's works.
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