Andy Reid

Andy Warhol is considered to be a renowned artist in the late 20th century. The most iconic piece is his ‘Campbell’s Soup Cans’ and was one of the leaders of the pop art movement. He did everything from painting to filmmaking to modeling. Looking at his life from a development psychological standpoint, would he consider to live a successful and meaningful life? By analysing his physical, cognitive, social, psychological development throughout his life, it can be determined if he lived a…

Pop art is one of the defining art movements of the twentieth century; now being promptly recognisable and generally understood, it is much a part of popular culture as art history. Pop Art had a great number of artists who explored their work through this movement. One artist being David Hockney, who is an English Pop/Modernist Artist, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer and photographer born in 1937 Bradford, UK. During the Pop Art movement, Hockney painted his most recognisable and…

the carnival of consumption and the thousands of marketing messages our minds witness every single day. Andy Warhol is a household name when it comes to the movement. He is widely recognised for his bold celebrations of the celebrity and branding obsessed world we live in today. Fashion and Art are two markets in which are becoming increasingly more intertwined. Within this essay, the work of Andy Warhol and the images and media created as a result of his existence will…

As a boy, Roy Lichtenstein was inspired by advertisements and comic strips. Lichtenstein was able to make his art work look like it was printed off a giant printer. He was recognized as one of the leaders in the Pop Art movement which included Andy Warhol, James Rosenquist, and Claes Oldenbirg. Lichtenstein’s art provoked debate over the ideas of originality and the fine line between fine art and entertainment. Roy Lichtenstein’s most famous works would be his collection of comic strips,…

Jeff Koon was born on the 21st of January, 1955, in York, Pennsylvania. Jeff is a painter, illustrator and a sculptor. Before Jeff became famous from his everyday installations, he went to the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. In 1974, Jeff saw an exhibition of Jim Nutt. From seeing Jim Nutt’s artworks he exchanged to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago then moved back to Maryland Institute. After graduating with a BFA in 1976, Jeff sold memberships in the Museum of Modern…

Jeff Koons was born in January 21, 1955 in York, Pennsylvania. From an early age, he obtained an interest in the arts from his father who was a furniture store owner and interior designer. After high school, he attended Maryland Institute College of Art, in Baltimore where he received his M.F.A. In 1974, he attended a show in Whitney Museum, NY that inspired him to become an artist. “It was then I transferred to school in Chicago, all because of that show”(Koons), it was thereafter that he…

received orders not to move” this work also reflecting her societal link. The Guerilla Girls are a group of anonymous feminists that fight racism and sexism in the art world. Two of their works include, “How many works by women artists were in the Andy Warhol and Termaine auctions at Sotheby’s?”and “Do women have to be naked to get into the Met,” these all representing the Guerrilla Girls strong connection with society and the issues surrounding equality and racism. Cindy Sherman an American…

Susan Rothenberg I chose to write about Susan Rothenberg she is a very influential artist. She was born in Buffalo, New York in 1945. In 1966, she graduated from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. In 1967, she went to Washington DC and studied at George Washington University and the Corcoran Museum School. In 1969, she moved to New York, she met and married sculptor George Traka’s from 1971-1979. The couple has a daughter, and her name is Maggie, she was…

One of the artwork styles is Photorealism which is “create representational images, including pen and ink, pastels, and prints, in the 1980s and beyond” according to Arthistory.net website. The style started in the 1960s with Minimalism and Pop Art and put it together. First of all, the artists began with a camera to take a picture then create their art with pen, ink, and other media to create their own art. One artist, Ralph Goings who painted McDonalds Pickup in 1970 which has an old-fashioned…

paintings, Andy Warhol’s soup cans, Keith Haring’s untitled acrylic work, etc… Each one was play the most important role in the modern history in many ways or has the profound impact in the art, fashion and commercial filed, nowadays. For this essay, the direction is aim to one of the first Pop artists — Andy Warhol and his piece “Campbell's Soup Can”. When people talk…