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Art 112 - Flores
March 4th, 2010
Andy Warhol: Pop*Art

Somalia Nayobe Suber

(All the information on my blog has derived from en.wikipedia.org and from notes from our lectures)

*F*ck*

Artist: Andy Warhol
Title: Blue Movie aka "F*ck"
Date: June 1969
Material: Film
Location: English
Significance: This movie pushes the envelope and describes Andrew Warhola as a who according to his art. Co-stars Viva and Louis Waldon are recorded having sexual intercourse while random facts, tid bits, stories of war and random everyday acts are being narrated in the background. It's produced by Andy and Paul Morrissey. This is another item that shows Warhol's expensive "Dabbling" in art.

*25 Cats Name(d) Sam and One Blue Pussy

Artist: Andy Warhol

Title: 25 Cats Name Sam and One Blue Pussy
Date: Circa 1954
Material: Book
Location: Only 150 printed;
Significance: This book caught my name because of the title (childish but I'm being honest). The "d" was accidentally left of the NAME in the title by Julia, Andy's mother who was the calligrapher for the book. This added perfect imperfections to this art which Warhol loved. It's actually a series of snippets/mini stories of "cats" 18 of which were actually named Sam. This is significant to this project because it shows Warhol's variety. Not only did he single handily start a new art form that is still prospering today, but he also dabbled in other mediums. These were given as gifts and keepsakes but are highly prized today.

*Campbell Soup Cans

Artist: Andy Warhol
Title: Campbell's Soup Cans
Date: 1962
Material: Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Location: Museum of Modern Art, NY
Significance: This is piece is the most questioned and controversial piece so far in my research. Famous artists such as Duchamp have had trouble explaining his thought of the piece. Duchamp simply thought Warhol liked soup! This canvas consists of 32 variously flavored cans of Campbell's soup, all of which were actual soups offered from the company at that time. Many think some of the soups have dark, racist meanings while others look passed the names and focused on the soup and canvas itself. This piece is actually a collage per say. It started out as 32 individual art works.

*Knives

Artist: Andy Warhol
Title: Knives Pink
Date: 1982
Material: Acrylic and silk screen ink on canvas
Location: Selections from the Andy Warhol Collection, D.C.
Significance: This piece just illustrates and reiterates Andy's love for silk screens. For this he used a Polaroid, one of his favorite base mediums, a very bright, girlie pink to accentuate the knives. This is another comical piece. Pink Knives? Who can take pink knives seriously? This piece is significant to the pop art form because it shows how basic it can be just by viewing it to how deep the culture has grown to become by actually studying it.

*Eight Elvises*

Artist: Andy Warhol
Title: Eight Elvises
Date: 1963
Material: Silkscreen, canvas, acrylic paint
Location: Private Collection
Significance: This piece is said to be one of the most expensive paintings ever and the most expensive for Warhol. It was sold to a private collector for $100million. "Bellwether of the art market". this piece has not been seen in public since 1963 when it was first exhibited in Los Angeles.

*Self Potrait - Camoflauge

Artist: Andy Warhol

Title: Self Portrait Camouflage

Date: 1986

Material: Polaroid Paint on canvas

Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Significance: This self portrait was made only a few months before his passing. He used a Polaroid picture and placed a thin canvas over top so that the basic outline of his features would show through. This picture is kind of creepy. His head is ghostly floating in a deep never ending background. His face has this dead blank expression on it covered in combat paint. This painting expresses how Andy must have felt toward the end of his life. When I stare in his eyes I feel he knew the end was near. The stare is too blank and he's looking off into no where.