Andy Warhol 1928-1987: Commerce Into Art - Basic Art Series 2.0
Klaus Honnef, Andy Warhol

Revised edition

Hardback (25 Sep 2015)


Publishers Synopsis

Andy Warhol (1928–1987) is hailed as the most important proponent of the Pop art movement. A critical and creative observer of American society, he explored key themes of consumerism, materialism, media, and celebrity. Drawing on contemporary advertisements, comic strips, consumer products, and Hollywood’s most famous faces, Warhol proposed a radical reevaluation of what constituted artistic subject matter. Through Warhol, a Campbell’s soup can and Coca-Cola bottle became as worthy of artistic status as any traditional still life. At the same time, Warhol reconfigured the role of the artist. Famously stating "I want to be a machine," he systematically reduced the presence of his own authorship, working with mass-production methods and images, as well as dozens of assistants in a studio he dubbed the Factory. This book introduces Warhol’s multifaceted, prolific oeuvre, which revolutionized distinctions between "high" and "low" art and integrated ideas of living, producing, and consuming that remain central questions of modern experience.


Book information

ISBN: 9783836543897
Publisher: TASCHEN
Imprint: Taschen
Pub date: 25 Sep 2015
Edition: Revised edition
DEWEY: 709.2
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Sales rank: 35081
Number of pages: 95
Weight: 618g
Height: 264mm
Width: 215mm
Spine width: 13mm