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 Andy Warhol was a painter, photographer, producer, sulptist and film maker. His works often looked at fame, money and tragedy. As an artist and a very non-conforming figure of that time, it could be argued he had no significance, nor impact on History.




Andy Warhol frequently produced fine pieces of art work that allowed people to question art, and what art was. He brought fine art from a very elitist subject, and made it available to all people of all places in society. Although this was not an individual achievment, Warhol was part of the pop art movemet. But alone with his confidence and unique style he had the power to over throw the trends of the sixties. He produced paintings of so many different famous faces. Jacky Kenedy, Marilyn Monroe, Yves Saint Laurent, Michael Jackson, Himself. He produced paintings of famous brands, Campbells Soup cans(see figure 1), Coca Cola Bottles. Political figures, Mao Tse Tung, John F. Kennedy, Jimmy Carter, and Queen Elizabeth II. He combined all forms of arts in exebitions, shows, tours and galleries. Although some of these tours and shows were highly contreversial, often containing sexualy explicit works, Warhol was testing the limits of society. How far he could push things before he got some backlash? The tours opened the minds of many to what art could be. Being such a social charmeleon he attracted audiences of all places in society. As mentioned in the introduction his works often looked at fame, money and tragedy, his works could easily be devided into these subsections. Under the theme of fame he had celebrity portraits, and short films. Under money he political figures and commercial items, but under the theme of tragedy you had some of Warhols less known works. Such as "Orange Disaster". These overlooked pieces were often Warhols biggest statements about society, and could have potentialy had the biggest effect, if they were more well known. Yet that in its self is an example of Warhols biggest criticisum, people are more intrested in money and fame then in the real issues of the time.


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//Orange Disaster takes a quite haunting image of an electrical chair, and then repeats it 15 times, and saturates the colours making it Orange. It is argued that this is an example of what the media do to any serious news. They saturate it and repeat it, until it becomes something that is nothing but media. (Figure 2)// =====  Figure1 Figure 2


Warhol had a strong connection with rock music and performance. Well known for his relationship with The Velvet Underground his influence had a clear psychodelic influence on their music. Songs were written about Warhol, such as Bowies "Andy Warhol" (link at the bottom of the page).

Warhols evenetual downfall and death?
Warhol was shot around the same time as Kenedy but he wasnt killed, he survived but after that point he became more of an inverted character confiding in himself, and he toned down his image. Eventualy he died after a complication during a simple opperation in later life.



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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">How is Warhol still affecting us today?
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Warhol is obviously effecting us today. With the internet as a resource for infomation, he is as well known today as he was in his time, if not mroe well known. Providing inspiration for many artists. More obviously in some then others, for instance, Lady Gaga a well known pop music singer claims she is obsessed with Warhol, and in turn has copied his 'studio 54' in the form of "the haus of gaga". When asked about it, she will announce her love for the artist, this causing a chain effect, for all her fans to find out who he was. Someone liked his works so much, amongst a collection they only stole the Warhol paintings. He was most obviously an inspirational figure.

Biographiq, (2008). //Andy Warhol - A Life of Pop Art//. Biographiq (ISBN: 1599860589). Anonymous (2003). //Andy Warhol, work and play//. Burlington, Vt.: Robert Hull Fleming Museum, (ISBN: 0934658102).
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