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Following a successful career as a commercial graphic designer, in the early sixties, Andy Warhol (1928-1987) decided to move on to work as a freelance artist. His focus, however, remained on the world of consumption and mass production. This publication illuminates Warhol's crucial early years-from 1961 to 1964-as a painter and draftsman. During this period, he gradually replaced his individual pictorial language with already medialized (and thus collective) image material as well as the mechanical production of pictures, thus calling into question some of modernity's fundamental categories. This volume examines this process based on numerous examples, such as the famous Campbell's Soup Cans and Dollar Bills, the Elvis and Liz series, the Death & Disaster pictures, and the Flowers cycle from 1964. Concentration on the drawings and paintings of the early years demonstrates the far-reaching significance of this oeuvre for art history.
Présentation de l'éditeur
After a successful career in advertising illustration, Andy Warhol (1928-1987) decided in the early 1960s to work as an independent artist. The world of consumption, of the media and mass industry remained his central interest. This publication focuses on the years between 1961 and 1964, the formative period of Warhol as a painter and graphic artist. During these years, he gradually replaced the individual visual language of painting with imagery that had already been disseminated by media and become collective as well as mechanical pictorial procedures, thus calling into question some of modernity's fundamental categories. This volume ex-amines this process based on numerous examples, such as the famous Campbell's Soup Cans and Dollar Bills, the Elvis and Liz series, the Death & Disaster paintings, and the Flowers cycle. Concentration on the drawings and paintings of the early years demonstrates the far-reaching significance of his oeuvre for art history.
