With Campbell’s Soup Can (Tomato) Andy Warhol takes as his subject a ubiquitous staple food found in millions of American homes and turns it into high art. With the unique candor he displayed in the best of his early Pop art works he appropriates the curved lines and iconic graphic imagery of a tin of canned soup and re-examines them in the context of their pure visual qualities. Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans transformed him into an overnight sensation when they were first exhibited in Los
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Andy Warhol: A Pop Culture Icon Henry Matisse once said‚ "The freedom of the artist is in reality the impossibility of following the path beaten by all others." In other words‚ the degree in which an artist interprets the world that is laid out before him is what makes him unique. Andy Warhol was a master at creating a distinctive account of what came before him and what presently surrounded him. It was this rare talent that made Andy Warhol into a pop culture icon with a profound influence on
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Andy Warhol - Mini Bio Born on August 6‚ 1928‚ in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania‚ Andy Warhol was a successful magazine and ad illustrator who became a leading artist of the 1960s Pop art movements. He ventured into a wide variety of art forms‚ including performance art‚ filmmaking‚ video installations and writing‚ and controversially blurred the lines between fine art and mainstream aesthetics. Warhol died on February 22‚ 1987‚ in New York City. QUOTES "I’d prefer to remain a mystery. I never
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Recently‚ we watched the movie‚ The Breakfast Club. The character I chose to write about is Andy. Andy is a wrestler. He wins a lot because of the patch on his jacket. The patch said state champion. He is the athlete of the story and the jock. He bullied other people below him because they weren’t as good as him. Andy stood up for the others in the beginning of the movie. John was picking on Claire and he stopped him. He stood up for others in the beginning of the movie. Towards the middle of
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the Story “On the Sidewalk Bleeding” the main character‚ Andy‚ is dynamic and round character making him more than just a proper protagonist. What makes Andy such a dynamic and round character is his will to live and his strength to love‚ even though he is going through his own battle. “I don’t want to die‚” he thought “I haven’t lived yet.” (Hunter 7) At the beginning of the story Andy was fixed on the fact that he was a royal. Now Andy begins to realize that living his life to the fullest is
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Robert Tracy April 28‚ 2009 Flowers‚ 1967‚ by Andy Warhol The Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art showcases the finest examples of painting‚ sculpture and other impressive work by some of the world’s most influential and renowned artists. The current exhibition of Classic Contemporary: Lichtensein‚ Warhol and Friends is an exhibit that features important paintings and sculpture by major contemporary artists‚ primarily from the 1960s and ‘70s. Andy Warhol was at the forefront of the Pop Art movement;
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The film is based on the murder and suicide case involving a mainland immigrant wife‚ a Hong Kong husband and their two daughters. This is a typical family formed by Hong Kong residents and mainland spouse‚ in which the young wife Wong Hiu-Ling from Sichuan married to an old and unemployed husband Lee Sum‚ living on CSSA in a public housing estate. Sum stays at home taking care his daughters while Ling works as a waitress in a restaurant in order to support the family living. However
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Brainwash and Andy Warhol. I like their works a lot. Although their art works are always debatable‚ thus some people might even don’t like them. The best thing about them is that they are all simple and clear‚ and the most important is they tell the people the idea
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Campbells Soup Cans by Andy Warhol. Andy Warhol is known to be a founding father of the Pop Art movement of his time with Campbells Soup Cans being one of his many famous pieces of Pop Art (Wolf). Andy Warhol painted the original Campbells Soup Cans in 1962 using synthetic polymer paint on canvas. The finished product is towering measuring at an approximate 93”x163” and is made up of 32 canvases‚ measuring at 20”x16” individually (Wolf). When the painting became popular Andy Warhol switched to photo-silkscreen
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I. Biography of Artist/Famous Person (any medium)- Audrey Hepburn was a gentle and generous soul; she dedicated the greater part of her life‚ to bettering the lives of those less fortunate; here in the states and those abroad alike. Audrey chose to use her new found fame to enrich the lives of those living in impoverished towns and those inflicted with illness. Audrey was a woman of many talents‚ whom wore many hats. She has been labeled a film star‚ fashion icon and philanthropist. In 1929
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