The Mind Creative March 2014
It was only in the early sixties that Andy Warhol treaded into the
arena of pop-art. He abandoned the blotted-line technique and
started work with oil on canvass. The first success came to Warhol
when he created a series of paintings based on an idea from a friend
– money and Campbell’s soup! His first exhibition at the Ferus gallery
in Los Angeles featured a series of paintings based on 32 types of
Campbell’s soup. The entire collection sold for $1000.
He soon realised that oil on canvass
was a medium that was far too slow
for him and in 1962 he laid the
foundation for another technique called
silk screen printing. He produced
prodigious amounts work based on this
technique and his subjects were
predominantly celebrities. During these
years, he also founded his studio, "The
Factory" and gathered around him a
wide range of artists, writers,
musicians,
and
underground
celebrities. During these years, his
works became both popular and
controversial.
INGRID - Silk Screen Print
New York's Museum of Modern
Art hosted a Symposium on pop
art in Decembe Ȁ