Andy Warhol: Commerce into Art

• TASCHEN BOOK: This Andy Warhol Taschen hardcover book written by Klaus Honnef introduces Warhols multifaceted, prolific oeuvre, which revolutionized distinctions between high and low art and integrated ideas of living, producing, and consuming that remain central questions of modern experience.
• ANDY WARHOL: Andy Warhol is without a doubt the first name to come to mind when thinking about the Pop Art culture. His iconic work focused mainly on celebrity culture, artistic expression, and advertisement, which were all prominent in the 1960s. He utilized a variety of media including hand drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, silk screening, sculpture, film, and music.
• MATERIAL: Hardcover 96 Pages.
• DIMENSIONS: 10.5 x 8.5 x 1 inches Weight: 2 lbs
• GIFT: This is a great book for all Andy Warhol and pop art lovers.

Andy Warhol (1928ndash;1987) is hailed as the most important proponent of the Pop Art movement. A critical and creative observer of American society, he explored key themes of consumerism, materialism, media, and celebrity. Drawing on contemporary advertisements, comic strips, consumer products, and Hollywoodrsquo;s most famous faces, Warhol proposed a radical reevaluation of what constituted artistic subject matter. Through Warhol, a Campbellrsquo;s soup can and Coca Cola bottle became as worthy of artistic status as any traditional still life. At the same time, Warhol reconfigured the role of the artist. Famously stating ldquo;I want to be a machine,rdquo; he systematically reduced the presence of his own authorship, working with mass-production methods and images, as well as dozens of assistants in a studio he dubbed The Factory. This book introduces Warholrsquo;s multifaceted, prolific oeuvre which revolutionized distinctions between ldquo;highrdquo; and ldquo;lowrdquo; art and integrated ideas of living, producing, and consuming that remain central questions of modern experience.