Andy Warhol's Pop Art Style

“Once you “got” Pop, you could never see a sign again the same way again. And once you thought Pop, you could never see America the same way again.” This quote was said by Andy Warhol himself. It’s discussing how once you see and appreciate the pop art style, America will look so different and unique. Now, Andy Warhol was a unique artist. He was born and raised in Forest City, Pennsylvania and was originally named Andrew Warhola. He was one of three boys born and the only one to attend college. He got accepted into Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Institute of Technology as an art student. While in college, he worked as a window decorator at a local department store ( “Andy Warhol”). His art career continued to blossom from here until he was winning awards …show more content…
Andy Warhol was obsessed with the way he looked. He would always be changing his appearance just because he could. Andy dyed his hair several times and finally decided to stick to silver. This hair color was soon known as his signature color. He let his hair remain that color for the rest of his life since he was so well known for it (“Andy Warhol”). Also, Andy Warhol established a little studio called The Factory. The little studio was rented in an attic in Manhattan. The Factory was just a small little studio at first that soon evolved into a mass-production studio. His friends/ assistants made prints for him creating hundreds or even thousands of his works. His helpers would look at the newspaper and magazine clippings he’d hang up for them and create silk-screens of them. The name The Factory came as a symbol of the inspiration and creativity being held there (“Andy Warhol”) Andy’s childhood was quite unique though. He has two older brother named John and Paul. His mother was an artist herself. She gave him his first camera at the age of nine encouraging his artistic side. Andy’s father had passed away when Andy was fourteen years old. When he passed away, he left some money to only be used for higher education for one of the three boys. Andy’s mother decided that Andy would benefit the most from it so she used the money to pay for his college loans. But Andy was suffering …show more content…
Andy Warhol was an artist of collaboration. He would collaborate with other celebrities and make movies or just paint them. Andy started making his films in 1963. At first his films were only experimental and just uninteresting in the end. Some examples of his earliest films are Sleep created in 1963 and Empire created in 1964. Sleep is only eight hours of a man sleeping. Empire displays the Empire State Building from dawn to dusk (“Andy Home”). Andy Warhol’s painting were widely dispersed. They are far from widely produced which makes them so cherishable (Jenkins). Andy 's paintings are very popular through. Copies or replicas are very common to find. It 's probably very likely that almost everyone has seen one of his artwork. There are people that come from miles away to see Andy Warhol 's museum dedicated to him. Andy was very different for his art style. Pop art is a very unique way of exhibiting art. His art created a sense of beauty and humor (“Andy Home”). Pop art is meant to be created so the piece of art is indistinguishable from life ( “Warhol, Andy”).These are some reasons why Andy created The Factory. Here him and a few friends would create art. But with its good times, there is also the bad times. Andy Warhol was shot here at The Factory on June 3rd, 1968. A rejected superstar called Valerie Solanis shot Andy three times in the chest. He was then rushed to the hospital and pronounced dead.