another assignment.
Andy WarholAndrew Warhola (
August 6,
1928 –
February 22,
1987), better known as Andy Warhol, was an
American artist and a central figure in the movement known as
Pop art. After a successful career as a
commercial illustrator, Warhol became famous worldwide for his work as a
painter, an
avant-garde filmmaker, a record producer, an author, and a
public figure known for his membership in wildly diverse social circles that included
bohemian street people, distinguished intellectuals,
Hollywood celebrities and wealthy aristocrats. A controversial figure during his lifetime (his work was often derided by critics as a
hoax, or "put-on"), Warhol has been the subject of numerous retrospective exhibitions, books,
feature and documentary films since his death in
1987.
He first exhibited in an art gallery in 1962, when the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles showed his 32 Campbell's Soup Cans, 1961-62.
From then on, most of Warhol's best work was done over a span of about six years, finishing in 1968, when he was shot.
He was a conduit for a sort of collective American state of mind in which celebrity - the famous image of a person, the famous brand name - had completely replaced both sacredness and solidity.
didnt noe he's dat cool.
hahas.
i love dis one.
im pretty excited to go to his exhibition.
hooray mgbd.
hahas.