Klaus Honef - Warhol Basismonografie

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Soort boek
Hardcover

Discover the artist who put soup cans in MoMA and movie stars in the Met. This introduction to Andy Warhol presents his prolific and radical oeuvre and its relentless interrogation of consumerism, materialism, and the role of the artist. The title includes more than 100 images of Warhol?s work in top-quality reproductions that retain all of the originals? pop. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <p><strong>Andy Warhol</strong> (1928?1987) is hailed as the most important proponent of the<strong> Pop art </strong>movement. A critical and creative observer of American society, he explored key themes of <strong>consumerism, materialism, media, and celebrity</strong>.<br /><br /> Drawing on contemporary advertisements, comic strips, consumer products, and Hollywood?s most famous faces, Warhol proposed a <strong>radical reevaluation of what constituted artistic subject matter</strong>. Through Warhol, a Campbell?s soup can and Coca Cola bottle became as worthy of artistic status as any traditional still life. At the same time, Warhol <strong>reconfigured the role of the artist</strong>. Famously stating ?I want to be a machine,? he systematically reduced the presence of his own authorship, working with <strong>mass-production methods and images</strong>, as well as dozens of assistants in a studio he dubbed <strong>the Factory. </strong><br /><br /> This book introduces Warhol?s multifaceted, prolific oeuvre, which <strong>revolutionized distinctions between ?high? and ?low? art</strong> and integrated ideas of living, producing, and consuming that remain central questions of modern experience.</p>