The beauty of Andy Warhol's work
This year i have been particularly interested in the works of Andy Warhol.As i have been doing my own work based around the pop art era ,this artists work inspired me just through the simplicity but deep meaning that he projects ."Beauty?What is that?-Beauty in itself is nothing."(Andy Warhol).A legend of the pop art era
the artist who's career took him from rags to riches who was trained as a commercial artist yet created a completely new type of artist within himself which caused complete controversy which changed the world of art.Warhol's had a high competitive determinism in which created his ow legend.The artist was a dedicated and enthusiastic admirer of both film stars and the contemporary cult figures of North America literature.A creator,producer and actor in one ,he enriched the world by providing us with an idol from the world of art.
His very well known screen print of Marilyn Monroe which has become world wide recognised iconic image was Warhol's favourite model.In contrast to her portraitist she was always flesh and blood,even though only a comparatively small number of people actually saw her in person.The screen was what
granted her the status of sex-goddess.Along with the iconic image of Marilyn ,Warhol love of film stars inspired his creations of his work on other icons of his era like the 'king of rock' Elvis Presley,the beautiful actress Elizabeth Taylor and many more inspirational figures of this century.For all their differences these stars have one thing in common :they are the personification of the American 
success story.It also appeared that these icons also had a sense of tragedy about them,Elvis frequently fell into fits of depression and had a tragic death,Marilyn tried in vain rid herself of the stereotype image of dumb blonde sex symbol and also had a tragic end,Liz Taylor constant struggle with health problems.Therefore it is not surprising that in some sense he identified with these stars,as having suffered from nervous breakdowns as a child after the death of his father and suffering from depression in depression in his later life. Warhol 
had chosen Marilyn as his model after her death;death had set the seal on her supernatural existence and his work created a triumphant advance of television as it was a set image which would later be of iconic meaning."When a person is the beauty of their day,and their looks are really in style,and then the times change,and ten years go by,if they keep exactly their same look and don't change anything and if they take care of themselves,they'll still be a beauty."This statement made by the artist relates to the artists Marilyn Monroe immensely as her beauty captured in his image and her style is still loved by many still to this day .
Art critics consciously wove a mystery around his life and works and reduced his personality to useful proportions in order to play down the uniqueness of his art.Warhol was the original source of the truth that surrounded him,"you can only become a star if everybody is talking about you."
This year i have been particularly interested in the works of Andy Warhol.As i have been doing my own work based around the pop art era ,this artists work inspired me just through the simplicity but deep meaning that he projects ."Beauty?What is that?-Beauty in itself is nothing."(Andy Warhol).A legend of the pop art era
the artist who's career took him from rags to riches who was trained as a commercial artist yet created a completely new type of artist within himself which caused complete controversy which changed the world of art.Warhol's had a high competitive determinism in which created his ow legend.The artist was a dedicated and enthusiastic admirer of both film stars and the contemporary cult figures of North America literature.A creator,producer and actor in one ,he enriched the world by providing us with an idol from the world of art.
His very well known screen print of Marilyn Monroe which has become world wide recognised iconic image was Warhol's favourite model.In contrast to her portraitist she was always flesh and blood,even though only a comparatively small number of people actually saw her in person.The screen was what
granted her the status of sex-goddess.Along with the iconic image of Marilyn ,Warhol love of film stars inspired his creations of his work on other icons of his era like the 'king of rock' Elvis Presley,the beautiful actress Elizabeth Taylor and many more inspirational figures of this century.For all their differences these stars have one thing in common :they are the personification of the American 
success story.It also appeared that these icons also had a sense of tragedy about them,Elvis frequently fell into fits of depression and had a tragic death,Marilyn tried in vain rid herself of the stereotype image of dumb blonde sex symbol and also had a tragic end,Liz Taylor constant struggle with health problems.Therefore it is not surprising that in some sense he identified with these stars,as having suffered from nervous breakdowns as a child after the death of his father and suffering from depression in depression in his later life. Warhol 
had chosen Marilyn as his model after her death;death had set the seal on her supernatural existence and his work created a triumphant advance of television as it was a set image which would later be of iconic meaning."When a person is the beauty of their day,and their looks are really in style,and then the times change,and ten years go by,if they keep exactly their same look and don't change anything and if they take care of themselves,they'll still be a beauty."This statement made by the artist relates to the artists Marilyn Monroe immensely as her beauty captured in his image and her style is still loved by many still to this day .Art critics consciously wove a mystery around his life and works and reduced his personality to useful proportions in order to play down the uniqueness of his art.Warhol was the original source of the truth that surrounded him,"you can only become a star if everybody is talking about you."
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