Andy Warhol Wanted Dead Analysis
Wanted Dead
Part One
Andy Warhol, was the creative mind that created pop art. Andy Warhol is a Polish American artist that lived during the twentieth century. Mr. Warhol’s paintings focused on the mass production of commercial goods, as well as under minded the supposed value of art based on the uniqueness of the work. The thing that I enjoy the most about his works is the way that he incorporates silkscreen in order to produce multiples of a single image yet still manages to make each one different and unique in its own special way. He was someone that took inspiration from the people and things that surrounded him and although he was not every well received when he first started out he continued to work and became a very well-known and respected artist. …show more content…
Part Two Marilyn diptych 6¾ x 4¾ acrylic paint on canvas
1.
What is the medium used to create the work?
The medium that was used to create this artwork is acrylic paint on canvas.
2. What are the characteristics of the medium used?
The appealing characteristics of acrylic paint are its quick drying capabilities, and the fact that it is easier to add layers to, especially when compared to other types of paint; such as oil paint
3. How did the medium enhance the work?
Warhol enhanced his artwork through the use of acrylics, which allowed him to layer colors without blending them, in order to create distinguishable facial features.
4. Analyze and discuss the different ways the artist has used the visual elements such as color, contrast, balance to create the form of the artwork. How do these elements help the viewer understand the work?
This is a recreation of an advertisement that was created for a film Marilyn Monroe stared in. The artist’s use of vibrant colors which quickly turns to black and white convey the feeling of loss of Marilyn Monroe who had recently killed
herself.
Part Three
Now explore and discuss the CONCEPTUAL (content) qualities of the artwork by answering these next questions.
1. How do you think the cultural and historical background of the artist might have influenced the way their work looks? Warhol began learning to draw, at a young age, after contracting a life threating disease which had left him bedridden. Warhol’s artistic ability was supported by both of his parent. In college Warhol pursued an education in pictorial design. He started as an illustrator and graphic designer in advertising and later made the natural transition into self-created and self-established pop art.
2. What conclusions can you reach about the artist’s time period and his or her views of their world? Some things you might want to consider: spirituality, politics, economics, race or ethnicity, gender or gender identity, ecological issues, materials and process.
Warhol began his artistic career in the mid-twentieth century where mass production was already common practice. Warhol shied away from the conventional wisdom that art only had value if it can be categorized as unique or one of a kind, as people value other things highly although they have been mass produced and are not considered art. With this in mind Andy Warhol created pop art which borrows from other artist and recreates those artist’s art works through the use silkscreens and acrylic paint.
3. Does the work share any similar ideas, approaches to subject or use of materials with another artist from the list? Who and how? (The answer to this question is almost always yes.)
Andy Warhol and Damien Hirst’s approach to art is similar especially in how they create art that opposes the conventional wisdom.
4. Are the artists you’ve chosen connected by style or time period? Do they seem connected in any way conceptually?
5. They are not from the same time period, as hirst was just a boy when Warhol died, but conceptually both of the artists that I chose stray from the conventional norm.
6. What do you think the artist is trying to communicate in their work?
Warhol is trying to communicate that the value of a painting is not dictated by its uniqueness that before art can be deemed as art it must be first recognized by the artist as such.
Wanted Alive
Part One
Damien Hirst, is a British artist who is better known for his instillation art as well as his conceptual art, which is his preferred style. The scale at which Hirst constructs his works has a kind of shrinking effect as the viewer feels small when confronted by its terrific glory. I think it is cool how hirst creates art with the bodies of dead animals and insects. Hirst overcame many obstacles, as he had been a lousy student in school and had been rejected from art school, but after overcoming such obstacles Hirst received funding for his first large scale art works. Over the years hirst has created many horrifying art works which are so often on a rather large scale that it shows his dedication to the art he makes as well as his attention to detail.
Part Two Beautiful, pop, spinning ice creamy, whirling, expanding painting, 1995, 6 feet in Diameter, Household gloss on canvas
1. What is the medium used to create the work?
Damien Hirst made use of household gloss as his medium in this work
2. What are the characteristics of the medium used?
Household gloss paint is resistant to peeling and blistering and exceptional resistant to discoloration.
3. How did the medium enhance the work?
The household gloss brightens as well as livens up the painting.
4. Analyze and discuss the different ways the artist has used the visual elements such as color, contrast, balance to create the form of the artwork. How do these elements help the viewer understand the work?
This is a painting that resembles an atmosphere of liveliness which spreads on and off of the canvas. His use of bright colors in such a sporadic and turbulent fashion gives off a feeling of being in high spirits.
Part Three
Now explore and discuss the CONCEPTUAL (content) qualities of the artwork by answering these next questions.
1. How do you think the cultural and historical background of the artist might have influenced the way their work looks?
Hirst was born in the sixties a time of fantasy and avoiding reality, when comparing his art with the art that he grew up with, it creates a feeling that he has become disillusioned and also that he is a man whose works and titles convey his mental and emotional state. Hirst’s more resent works shows how commercialism has affected his art.
2. What conclusions can you reach about the artist’s time period and his or her views of their world? Some things you might want to consider: spirituality, politics, economics, race or ethnicity, gender or gender identity, ecological issues, materials and process.
Hirst began his art career as well as became formally associated with the Young British Artists group in the early 1990s a time where art was thought to have become tame, he and his group were said to have breathed new life into art. The first funded artwork Hirst created is titled “The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living” which leads me to conclude that Damien Hirst is a cynical optimist meaning he wants to see the beauty and joy in things but can’t help but to see or think that the negative outweighs the positive.
3. Does the work share any similar ideas, approaches to subject or use of materials with another artist from the list? Who and how? (The answer to this question is almost always yes.)
Damien Hirst and Andy Warhol’s approach to art is similar especially in how they create art that opposes the conventional wisdom as well as the fact that their paintings often use vibrant and lively colors.
4. Are the artists you’ve chosen connected by style or time period? Do they seem connected in any way conceptually?
They are not from the same time period, as hirst was just a boy when Warhol died, but conceptually both of the artists that I chose stray from the conventional norm.
5. What do you think the artist is trying to communicate in their work?
I believe that Hirst is trying to communicate his perception of the world while also not telling the viewer directly what he is trying to say thus leaving it to the viewer to create their own narrative of why the artwork looks the way it does. My own personal interpretation of his conceptual/instillation art is that hirst is trying to convey that death is a divider; just as the glass vitrine separates the viewer from the creature within it at the same time conveying that the possibility of being reunited might be impossible.
Part One
Andy Warhol, was the creative mind that created pop art. Andy Warhol is a Polish American artist that lived during the twentieth century. Mr. Warhol’s paintings focused on the mass production of commercial goods, as well as under minded the supposed value of art based on the uniqueness of the work. The thing that I enjoy the most about his works is the way that he incorporates silkscreen in order to produce multiples of a single image yet still manages to make each one different and unique in its own special way. He was someone that took inspiration from the people and things that surrounded him and although he was not every well received when he first started out he continued to work and became a very well-known and respected artist. …show more content…
Part Two Marilyn diptych 6¾ x 4¾ acrylic paint on canvas
1.
What is the medium used to create the work?
The medium that was used to create this artwork is acrylic paint on canvas.
2. What are the characteristics of the medium used?
The appealing characteristics of acrylic paint are its quick drying capabilities, and the fact that it is easier to add layers to, especially when compared to other types of paint; such as oil paint
3. How did the medium enhance the work?
Warhol enhanced his artwork through the use of acrylics, which allowed him to layer colors without blending them, in order to create distinguishable facial features.
4. Analyze and discuss the different ways the artist has used the visual elements such as color, contrast, balance to create the form of the artwork. How do these elements help the viewer understand the work?
This is a recreation of an advertisement that was created for a film Marilyn Monroe stared in. The artist’s use of vibrant colors which quickly turns to black and white convey the feeling of loss of Marilyn Monroe who had recently killed
herself.
Part Three
Now explore and discuss the CONCEPTUAL (content) qualities of the artwork by answering these next questions.
1. How do you think the cultural and historical background of the artist might have influenced the way their work looks? Warhol began learning to draw, at a young age, after contracting a life threating disease which had left him bedridden. Warhol’s artistic ability was supported by both of his parent. In college Warhol pursued an education in pictorial design. He started as an illustrator and graphic designer in advertising and later made the natural transition into self-created and self-established pop art.
2. What conclusions can you reach about the artist’s time period and his or her views of their world? Some things you might want to consider: spirituality, politics, economics, race or ethnicity, gender or gender identity, ecological issues, materials and process.
Warhol began his artistic career in the mid-twentieth century where mass production was already common practice. Warhol shied away from the conventional wisdom that art only had value if it can be categorized as unique or one of a kind, as people value other things highly although they have been mass produced and are not considered art. With this in mind Andy Warhol created pop art which borrows from other artist and recreates those artist’s art works through the use silkscreens and acrylic paint.
3. Does the work share any similar ideas, approaches to subject or use of materials with another artist from the list? Who and how? (The answer to this question is almost always yes.)
Andy Warhol and Damien Hirst’s approach to art is similar especially in how they create art that opposes the conventional wisdom.
4. Are the artists you’ve chosen connected by style or time period? Do they seem connected in any way conceptually?
5. They are not from the same time period, as hirst was just a boy when Warhol died, but conceptually both of the artists that I chose stray from the conventional norm.
6. What do you think the artist is trying to communicate in their work?
Warhol is trying to communicate that the value of a painting is not dictated by its uniqueness that before art can be deemed as art it must be first recognized by the artist as such.
Wanted Alive
Part One
Damien Hirst, is a British artist who is better known for his instillation art as well as his conceptual art, which is his preferred style. The scale at which Hirst constructs his works has a kind of shrinking effect as the viewer feels small when confronted by its terrific glory. I think it is cool how hirst creates art with the bodies of dead animals and insects. Hirst overcame many obstacles, as he had been a lousy student in school and had been rejected from art school, but after overcoming such obstacles Hirst received funding for his first large scale art works. Over the years hirst has created many horrifying art works which are so often on a rather large scale that it shows his dedication to the art he makes as well as his attention to detail.
Part Two Beautiful, pop, spinning ice creamy, whirling, expanding painting, 1995, 6 feet in Diameter, Household gloss on canvas
1. What is the medium used to create the work?
Damien Hirst made use of household gloss as his medium in this work
2. What are the characteristics of the medium used?
Household gloss paint is resistant to peeling and blistering and exceptional resistant to discoloration.
3. How did the medium enhance the work?
The household gloss brightens as well as livens up the painting.
4. Analyze and discuss the different ways the artist has used the visual elements such as color, contrast, balance to create the form of the artwork. How do these elements help the viewer understand the work?
This is a painting that resembles an atmosphere of liveliness which spreads on and off of the canvas. His use of bright colors in such a sporadic and turbulent fashion gives off a feeling of being in high spirits.
Part Three
Now explore and discuss the CONCEPTUAL (content) qualities of the artwork by answering these next questions.
1. How do you think the cultural and historical background of the artist might have influenced the way their work looks?
Hirst was born in the sixties a time of fantasy and avoiding reality, when comparing his art with the art that he grew up with, it creates a feeling that he has become disillusioned and also that he is a man whose works and titles convey his mental and emotional state. Hirst’s more resent works shows how commercialism has affected his art.
2. What conclusions can you reach about the artist’s time period and his or her views of their world? Some things you might want to consider: spirituality, politics, economics, race or ethnicity, gender or gender identity, ecological issues, materials and process.
Hirst began his art career as well as became formally associated with the Young British Artists group in the early 1990s a time where art was thought to have become tame, he and his group were said to have breathed new life into art. The first funded artwork Hirst created is titled “The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living” which leads me to conclude that Damien Hirst is a cynical optimist meaning he wants to see the beauty and joy in things but can’t help but to see or think that the negative outweighs the positive.
3. Does the work share any similar ideas, approaches to subject or use of materials with another artist from the list? Who and how? (The answer to this question is almost always yes.)
Damien Hirst and Andy Warhol’s approach to art is similar especially in how they create art that opposes the conventional wisdom as well as the fact that their paintings often use vibrant and lively colors.
4. Are the artists you’ve chosen connected by style or time period? Do they seem connected in any way conceptually?
They are not from the same time period, as hirst was just a boy when Warhol died, but conceptually both of the artists that I chose stray from the conventional norm.
5. What do you think the artist is trying to communicate in their work?
I believe that Hirst is trying to communicate his perception of the world while also not telling the viewer directly what he is trying to say thus leaving it to the viewer to create their own narrative of why the artwork looks the way it does. My own personal interpretation of his conceptual/instillation art is that hirst is trying to convey that death is a divider; just as the glass vitrine separates the viewer from the creature within it at the same time conveying that the possibility of being reunited might be impossible.