In the center of downtown Toronto, on 77 Bloor Street, there is a lovely little gallery that features the work of Andy Warhol. The art was displayed so the viewer could experience each piece or collection individually from the others. His prints invoke feelings unlike the feelings I have ever felt when looking at abstract art. The gallery was divided into six sections with each section depicting different ideas that he wanted to create. Some of his most famous prints were displayed like his sets of Marilyn Monroe and the Campbell soup cans.
Andy Warhol started becoming interested in art until he was 8 years old. He had contracted a fatal and rare disease called Chorea, and his mother gave him art lessons to help him pass time. It became his favourite pastime. Throughout the rest of his life he explored art however he could. His art was not like the other artists at the time, who were known as abstract artists, and therefore they never respected him as an artist. …show more content…
This movement had the common goals of blurring the boundaries between what was known as higher-class art and lower-class art. He focused both on creating famous portraits of both celebrities and politicians. Some of his famous works were of Elvis, Mick Jagger, and Mao Zedong. All of Warhol’s works were prints, basically ripping off the works of other artists or photographers. His portraits of politicians were all based off Polaroids he took beforehand. Many of the prints he made were actually of photographs or art pieces done by other artists. I find that this makes his work a bit less original, but he definitely found ways to make the prints
Andy Warhol started becoming interested in art until he was 8 years old. He had contracted a fatal and rare disease called Chorea, and his mother gave him art lessons to help him pass time. It became his favourite pastime. Throughout the rest of his life he explored art however he could. His art was not like the other artists at the time, who were known as abstract artists, and therefore they never respected him as an artist. …show more content…
This movement had the common goals of blurring the boundaries between what was known as higher-class art and lower-class art. He focused both on creating famous portraits of both celebrities and politicians. Some of his famous works were of Elvis, Mick Jagger, and Mao Zedong. All of Warhol’s works were prints, basically ripping off the works of other artists or photographers. His portraits of politicians were all based off Polaroids he took beforehand. Many of the prints he made were actually of photographs or art pieces done by other artists. I find that this makes his work a bit less original, but he definitely found ways to make the prints