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(Pop) According to The Art Story (Andy), his parents were named Ondrej and Julia Warhola, immigrants from Czechoslovakia. Ulja was a causal artist who supported Andy and gave him his first camera at age nine. As he grew older, Warhol developed a nervous disorder that would often keep him inside the house. Being inside the house exposed him to radio and television. This exposure to current events in his younger years is noted to be the cause of his obsession with pop culture and celebrities…

Today in 2016 dancing has become a huge part of pop culture. Dancing has been in this world since ancient times and in ancient civilizations dancing would be used to perform different rituals. In today’s society the word twerk has taken over many platforms and has spreaded across the globe. Today we're going to be going over on how twerking has spreaded from hip hop to pop, and becoming one of the most controversial words in America. On August 25, 2013 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New…

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 and celebrities, Pop artist Andy Warhol was also an avid photographer and filmmaker. The nature of photography lent itself perfectly to Warhol's Pop…

they think, the way their share and present their ideas, the way their syntax is formed, the way their music, the way they celebrate, and the way their food is presented. Culture sometimes changes as new generations rise. We often hear the idea of “pop culture”, which is an idea aimed at the taste of a set of people, more often than we hear of culture standing…

Andy Warhol was a successful ad and magazine illustrator who became a leading artist of the pop art movement in the 1960’s. Warhol was born on August 6, 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was always a very quiet and people thought of him as an introvert. Throughout his lifetime, he went into a wide variety of performing arts, including filmmaking, video installation, and writing. He also controversially blurred the lines between fine art and mainstream aesthetics. Andy Warhol died at the age…

Blink 182 has been playing tongue-in-cheek pop punk since 1994. To date, the band has released six full-length albums, each album more mature than the last. Though they had moderate success with their first and second album, the band really took off after the 1999 release of Enema of the State. The trio of Mark Hoppus (bass, vocals), Tom DeLonge (guitar, vocals) and Travis Barker (drums) went on to sell millions of records, and play to millions of fans live across the globe. Though they have…

Russia, was Pop Art. Pop Art was a way for modern artist to challenge what tradition told them, and to be able to create a parallel where art could be included in such things as advertisements and posters. Pop Art made it acceptable for art work to be copied or for people to use other artist’s work inside their own. Pop Art often included things that were of no relations to the topic or the title of the work of art, yet people still loved it because of the attitude…

Attending my first concert, Idina Menzel was my first live performance to ever attend and experience the music live. Menzel performs a selection of songs from her Broadway career, along with original songs from her various solo albums, and her Pop and Rock covers. The group that performed for Menzel was a local Los Angeles band and they played very well for the choices of songs she sang. The performers that played for Menzel was very impressive and seemed they had no problem playing and…

their families. Lacking a dependable guardian typically results in substance abuse and social following. Without the support of family assisting young adolescents in their decision-making, children tend to find acceptance and family elsewhere. Through pop culture many children gain a family group in music. Adolescents have a sense of belonging to their music and appreciate the lyrics that lead to drugs and alcohol if encouraged by the song. According to The New York Times, “the average…

Considering racism We are far from a perfect world; we have many imperfections as a species. Yet the most common and most controversial topic is racism. It comes in many different forms yet is something that happens all around the world. I chose this topic we speak of today because I myself feel very strongly about it and sadly have fallen victim to it like so many others before me. Profiling happens too much in this country and many others that I feel at times us as a society don’t realize…