Andy Warhol /
As an underground art star, Andy Warhol was the antidote to the prevalent Abstract Expressionist style of the 1950s. His work in advertising, fashion, film, and music videos featured popular everyday subjects, openly acknowledged wide-ranging influences, and had a fascination with popular culture. L...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Rizzoli Electa,
2021.
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| Summary: | As an underground art star, Andy Warhol was the antidote to the prevalent Abstract Expressionist style of the 1950s. His work in advertising, fashion, film, and music videos featured popular everyday subjects, openly acknowledged wide-ranging influences, and had a fascination with popular culture. Looking at his background in an immigrant family, ideas of death and religion, sexuality, and ambition to push traditional artistic boundaries, the book reveals Warhol as an artist who succeeded and failed in equal measure and who embraced the establishment while cavorting with the underground. It explores Warhol's flirtation with the commercial world of celebrity alongside his socially engaged collaborations and advocacy of alternative lifestyles. Including many iconic as well as lesser-known works, this book highlights Warhol's conceptual ambition within the shifting creative and political landscape, permitting a broad view of how Warhol, and his work, mark a period of cultural transformation. |
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| Item Description: | "Organised by Tate Modern in collaboration with Museum Ludwig, Cologne."--Colophon. Published to accompany the exhibition held at Tate Modern, London, March 12 - September 6, 2020; Museum Ludwig, Cologne, October 10, 2020 - February 21, 2021; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, March 22 - August 29, 2021; and Aspen Art Museum, October 2021 - March 2022. |
| Physical Description: | 224 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-209) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780847869251 0847869253 9780847869268 0847869261 |