Andy Warhol and His Workby *tranimation-art

Traditional Art / Drawings / Portraits & Figures

"I read an article on me once that described my machine-method of silk-screening and copying: 'What a bold and audacious solution, what depths of the man are revealed in this solution!' Seriously, what the hell does that mean...?!"

As a leader of the Pop Art Movement in the 1960s, Andy Warhol altered the face of what is art forever! He was trained as a graphic artist in the 1940s and during the following decade made a name for himself in the New York design world. In the early 1960s, he began to appropriate media imagery — from product advertising, and celebrity photos, to newspaper coverage of accidents — as the subject of his paintings and screen-prints. He was responsible for breaking down the boundary between High Art and Commercial Art, but, in reality, Andy Warhol was Andy Warhol's most famous work!

This Andy Warhol was the mentor, idol, and schoolgirl crush of a young New York City fine arts and chemistry undergraduate, Splatter Phoenix. She had a part-time job doing odd errands for Warhol's infamous studio, the Factory, on East 47th Street. She would eventually assist the artist in the production of prints, paintings, and films. She would be one of his closest friends until his death in 1987 at the age of fifty-eight.

Models - Andy Warhol.

Medium - 6B graphite.

Andy Warhol © Diane N. Tran.

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!Mad-Eyes Oct 19, 2010

Hallo,

I featured this piece in my journal here. I hope you don't mind.

Sincerely,
Monte

*tranimation-art Oct 19, 2010 Professional Filmographer

Awesome! I really appreciate that! Thank you so much for the feature!

!Mad-Eyes Oct 19, 2010

My pleasure.

~Fury-From-Above Jan 26, 2009

It's amusing to see Andy as a parakeet or something; but how did you think of that? XD

*tranimation-art Jan 26, 2009 Professional Filmographer

Honestly, it was something for a Darkwing Duck pastiche about the artist-turned-villainess, Splatter Phoenix, whose idol was Andy Warhol. The idea came that she worked for in the Factory at one point and Andy Warhol (the Parakeet, yes), originally a cameo, took on a life of his own from there. I've always been a big Warhol admirer and, now, this little guy is my own personal tribute to the life of a great man and artist. May be rest in peace...

!em5 Aug 31, 2006

I figured he was; my great grandma had eyes like that and she was Slovak.

And dude, I'm totally freaked out you know that kind of stuff about him. I was
basically obsessed with him for a month. But there's so little literature on him. I
was like, "You guys, you SHOULD be trying to document the life of someone
who totally influenced advertising and dominated pop art like that! *shame*" lol

I think they like Jacky P. better. I mean, crashing cars into trees is just SO much mo
more dramatic than a gallbladder infection. lol

Geez I digress. Well, yup. XD