The Art of
Jackson Dainty
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Andy Warhol
Fine art Giclee print Inquire about originals
18"x24"
Andy Warhol was one of the most influential artists of the last number of decades. Of course, Warhol's use of photography may be the most ground breaking aspect of his art. He incorporated photography through all his phases. His work was so graphically powerful it could only be Pop Art. His Pop Art career began in the early 1960s along with other artists such as Roy Liechtenstein's comic book panels and James Rosengnist's mock billboards. His Campbell's Soup cans, Coca Cola and Brillo box sculpture were definitely minimalism, but minimalism applied to the mundane was a new twist.
The four sections of the painting represent the aspects of his life and art. The upper left corner in black and white depicts him as a photographer of black and white photos. This was the foundation of his Pop Art.
Below that panel is Warhol exposed for everyone to see, he is naked, just as he lived his life.
In the upper right corner is my humorous take of Warhol's humor. I call it "globe head," kind of the world in his head!
Finally, the lower right panel represents the icon style of Pop Art that was his which captured the imagination of the pubic so strongly.
Why a Master
Ideally suited to his time, Andy Warhol lived a life that was as shocking and touchingly vulnerable as much of his art. Warhol grew artistically as American culture was in the throes of tumultuous change. In the midst of uncertainty he gave us Brillo boxes and posterized portraits of Hollywood legends; Campbell's soup cans and Chairman Mao.
An admitted culture junkie, Warhol found beauty everywhere and led us to that beauty even when we were reluctant. He was the ultimate voyeur, a whitens to his time who gave us a fifteen minute glimpse into eternity.