Andy Goldsworthy

1960’s Swinging London: Allen Jones, Mary Quant & Feminism In the 1960’s, London, England was thriving with a new style of art, fashion, music, photography and much more. After World War II, a recuperating London found itself fixated on the glamorous consumerism in the West. The Pop Art Movement sparked a new interest in cheap artistic mediums that portray elements of Western popular culture. Artist Allen Jones and fashion designer Mary Quant prove to be two significant figures at the height of…

that enhances objects and figures by using bright colors to extenuate the focus points in the piece. There were many great artist's in this era such as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. Andy Warhol is famously known for painting the Campbell's Soup can but he didn't stop there, he created some of the most famous pieces of pop art today. Andy Warhol was born in Pittsburgh in 1928, he was the youngest of three siblings. Growing up he attended free art classes at the Carnegie Institute,Which is…

Jim flora was a commercial artist active in the 1940s and 50s you designed a series of album covers for Columbia records and rca Victor. His work is known for its play images of animals, parties and musical instruments. Although his work is synonymous with 1940s and 50s America. His work is influenced by earlier art movements such as cubism, in particular the work of Pablo Picasso has been seen as a huge influences on Flora. Flora and Picasso’s work had a lot of similarities like dysmorphia of…

an important role during the decade, because it surfaced pop art, Andy Warhol, and how pop art is still affecting today’s culture. Pop art fully embodied the decade of the 60s because it lifted people’s spirit. The term “pop art” was first used in Great Britain after World War II (Virginia Spivey). America used this term for post-war society, taking the term from Great Britain. (Pop Art). Pop art helped many people express…

Andy Warhol was notable as a gay man who lived openly before the gay liberation. He was born on August 6th, 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Warhol was an American artist influenced by several other artists. Some artists would be Jean-Michel Basquiat, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns and Truman Capote. He was mostly known for his famous pop art but also did printmaking, painting, cinema, and photography. One of the nicknames that were given to him was “The Pope of Pop”. Some of his most famous…

it is one of Lichtenstein's early work beginning his obsession of comic books. I knew the comic image was not any kind of comic art. The comic image in the exhibition was pop art an art movement during the 1960s that included another iconic artist Andy Warhol with his famous Campbell Soup Can displayed right next to the image. The interaction among people also gravitated on the mystery of the image while we will never know the woman face nor expression, why she is saying “Hello” and who is she…

Andrew Warhola (Andy Warhol) was born on August 6th, 1928, in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. His parents were Carpatho-Rusyn immigrants, and Andy was the youngest of 3. Andy attended Holmes School in Pittsburgh and attended free art classes at Carnegie Institute. Andy loved art, movies, and frequently went to the local cinema. When Andy was nine, he was given his first camera. Andy converted a section of his parent’s basement into a darkroom where he developed his pictures. In 1945 Andy attended…

invited to on a monitor in my bedroom.” -Andy Warhol. Andy Warhol, icon of his time, and one of the most successful artists of the 20th century, Andy Warhol was truly transcendent. His early works of commercial art and magazine spreads changed the way the world viewed magazines and newspapers. Andy Warhol has made a long lasting impact on the pop culture with his abstract paintings? Born Andrew Warhola on August 6, 1928, in Oakland in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Andy Warhol's parents were…

Andy Warhol was born on August 6th, 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Andy was an American artist who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as “pop art”. Warhol’s "Campbell's Soup Cans" and "Gold Marilyn Monroe" made him famous worldwide, and his studio,known as "The Factory," became a magnet for artists of the 60s counterculture. Andy Warhol was the most successful and highly paid artist and photographer in New York. Although he’s best known for his iconic paintings of soup cans…

had continued to gains its popularity until it was considered a dead genre in the 1970s. Despite this fact pop art is used for advertising in the current period of time. Pop art is most commonly referred to with the major artist of its peak such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, James Rosenquist and more. A portion of the major artists listed had originated from New York. Even though the major artist had originated from New York, the popularity of pop art was an international…