Andy Warhol.
Key Facts about Andy Warhol:
1. Andy Warhol was an American artist, born on August 6, 1928. He is considered a pioneer of “Pop Art” which was an art movement during 1950s.
2. Andy Warhol is a huge inspiration to art lovers. The Andy Warhol Museum in Pennsylvania has been built in his memory.
3. The museum is the largest museum in America. It has seven floors with over 17 galleries, 77 sculptures, 900 paintings, 2,000 paper works, 1,000 prints, 4,000 photographs and 4,350 films and videos.
4. Andy Warhol’s earliest work was for a magazine titled “Glamour”. It was his first ever assignment in which he was given a task to write an article.
5. Andy Warhol loved buying underwear. This was his favourite thing to buy for himself, what a unique choice!
6. Andy Warhol designed part of The Rolling Stones album “Sticky Fingers”. The cover later went on to be nominated for a Grammy Award.
7. Andy Warhol mostly used bright and primary colours in his art. He was a fan of red, yellow and blue and used them in combination in many of his paintings.
8. Andy Warhol was not included in the arts club in high school because he was more talented than the rest of the members of the club.
Andy Warhol Printmaking:
In the photos above, you can see the art processes Warhol used to create some of the pieces pictured on the right. The photo on the left shows him printmaking using a silk screen to create a soup can print.
Below is a video showing how this process is done:
Warhol often worked with professionals to have the photos he chose transferred onto the mesh of a silk screen. He then squeezed ink over the mesh as the silk screen sat on his canvas, ink would pass through the mesh and create a print of his image onto the canvas. Areas of the mesh where a layer of glue has been applied kept paint from passing through to the canvas, this is called negative space.
Here are some links to explore Andy Warhol and his work further: