March 20, 2007
The artwork of Andy Warhol is what I chose to remix. Upon first studying Warhol, his physical appearance seemed very plain, which matched his quiet and introverted personality. However his artwork and quotations say otherwise. Much of his artwork seems to be obsessed with what was popular at the time. The subject of this art could be a commercial product, a political leader, a political movement, etc. This artwork also included portraits of many celebrities during the height of his career, which is what my remix focuses on. The remix includes portraits of Grace Jones, Marilyn Monroe, John Lennon, Mick Jagger, Muhammad Ali, and Prince. These celebrities at some point reached great fame in their careers and Warhol seems to capture this with his signature style of wild & flamboyant colors. His style is clearly meant to grab your attention, as though he wanted to reinforce the subject’s popularity. Much of his artwork also included his own self-portraits.
During Warhol’s career, media played such a big part of being popular (TV, newspapers, magazines, etc), that Warhol is most noted for his quote “In the future everyone will be famous for 15 minutes”. Given today’s world-wide Internet connectivity, his statement is probably more true than he realized.
The purpose of my remix was to show that in our modernized age of computer blogs, image software, & Internet sites, that not just celebrities, but everyone can be famous for 15 minutes. The remix shows several of my self-portraits, influenced by Warhol’s unique style of coloring and special effects. With the help of a computer I was able to use my own portrait to mimic many of his “famous” artworks. I suspect that if Andy Warhol were alive today, he would have taken computerized artwork to a level none of us could have imagined.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License
The remixed artwork is a derivative of other artworks. The following MLA citations credit the original artists used in the artwork:
Andy Warhol Artwork Citations:
Warhol, Andy. Muhammad Ali. 1978. Pollack Fine Arts, London, UK.
Date Accessed: 03/20/2007
URL: http://www.artnet.com/artwork_images_160352_265805_andy-warhol.jpg
Warhol, Andy. Marilyn. 1976. The Taylor Gallery, Belfast Ireland
Date Accessed: 03/20/2007
URL: http://www.artnet.com/artwork_images_424450562_253954_andy-warhol.jpg
Warhol, Andy. Grace Jones. 1986. Coskun Fine Arts, London, UK.
Date Accessed: 03/20/2007
URL: http://www.artnet.com/artwork_images_160529_246519_andy-warhol.jpg
Warhol, Andy. Prince. 1984. Coskun Fine Arts, London, UK.
Date Accessed: 03/20/2007
URL: http://www.artnet.com/artwork_images_160529_246517_andy-warhol.jpg
Warhol, Andy. Mick Jagger.1975. Belgravia Gallery, London, UK.
Date Accessed: 03/20/2007
URL: http://www.artnet.com/artwork_images_132476_234841_andy-warhol.jpg
Warhol, Andy. John Lennon. 1985. Mugrabi Collection, New York, NY
Date Accessed: 03/20/2007
URL: http://www.artnet.com/magazine/features/polsky/Images/polsky3-20-7.jpg
Unknown Photographer.
URL: http://www.artnet.com/artwork_images/423838496/185942.jpg
Mapplethorpe, Robert. Image of Andy Warhol. 1986. The Robert Mapplethorpe FoundationURL: http://www.mapplethorpe.org/online/exhibitions/Kim/Pictures/BigImages/1867-Andy%20Warhol1986-dup.jpg
Warhol, Andy. “In the future everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.”
URL: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Andy_Warhol
1 comment:
Dear Nicole,
This essay demonstrates your unique ability to assimilate information and process it in a critical way. This essay contains many deep thoughts and insights.
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