2. WHAT IS ALL THIS ABOUT?
The goal of this presentation is
to share my interest about one
of the greatest artists of the 20th
century with you. As you
already see I’m going to tell you
the story of Andy Warhol.
3. THESE ARE SOME QUOTATIONS OF ANDY HIMSELF AND HIS FRIENDS.
LET’S SEE HIS STORY TO UNDERSTAND WHETHER IT’S TRUE OR NOT.
“I am a
deeply
superficial
person”
“I like
“a true
boring
workaholic”
things”
“I am from
nowhere”
4. A LITTLE EXTRACT Born Andrew Warhola in a
working class suburb of
FROM HIS
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on
BIOGRAPHY August 6th 1928 to Slovak
immigrants (Ondrej and Julia
Warhola [Varchola in
Slovakia]). Warhol showed an
early interest in photography
and drawing, attending free
classes at Carnegie Institute.
5. Warhol came down with
St. Vitus' dance in third
grade, an affliction of the
nervous system causing
involuntary movements
which is believed to be a
complication of scarlet
fever. He was frequently
bed-ridden as a child and
became an outcast
amongst other students.
When in bed he drew a lot,
listened to the radio and
collected pictures of movie
stars.
Years later Warhol
described the period of
his sickness as very
important in the
development of his
personality and in the
forming of his skill-set and
preferences.
6. Lots of his works were devoted
to Marilyn Monroe.
7. Upon graduation, Warhol moved to New York which
was the perfect place for an illustrator to make a living.
He became well-known for his whimsical ink drawings
done in a loose, blotted ink style.
He also did advertising and window displays for retail
stores such as Bonwit Teller and I. Miller. Ironically, his
first assignment was for Glamour magazine for an
article titled "Success is a Job in New York."
8. A TURNING POINT IN
WARHOL'S CAREER
In the 1960s Warhol began to make paintings of
American products such as Campbell's Soup Cans &
Coca-Cola bottles and comic strips like Superman &
Popeye. Starting in 1962 he began making silkscreens
of celebrities like Marilyn Monroe, Elvis, Troy
Donahue, and Elizabeth Taylor by using enlarging
photographs and transferring the images onto his
canvases using a projector.
10. THE FACTORY.
Consequently he founded The Factory in 1962. It was
an art studio where he employed in a rather chaotic
way "art workers" to mass produce mainly prints and
posters but also other items like shoes designed by the
artist. The Factory included a wide range of
artists, writers, musicians and underground celebrities.
The first location of the Factory was in 231 E. 47th
Street, 5th Floor (between 1st & 2nd Ave) in New York
City.
12. In 1968 Valerie Solanas, a periodic factory
visitor, and the sole member of SCUM
(Society for Cutting Up Men) walked into the
Factory and shot Warhol. The attack was
near fatal and he was briefly declared dead
(doctors opened his chest and massaged his
BAD TIMES heart to help stimulate its movement again).
FOR ANDY. Warhol barely survived. He never fully
recovered and for the rest of his life had to
wear a bandage to prevent his injuries from
worsening. Years later, his wounds would still
occasionally bleed after he overexerted
himself.
13. In 1970s Warhol's activities became more and more
entrepreneurial. He started the magazine Interview and
even a night-club. In 1974 the Factory was moved to
860 Broadway. In 1975 Warhol published "The
philosophy of Andy Warhol (from A to B and Back
Again)".
He began the 1980's with the publication of POPism:
The Warhol '60s. He also began work on Andy
Warhol's TV, a series of half hour of video programs
patterned after Interview magazine.
14. "I love Los
Angeles. I love
Hollywood.
They're so
beautiful.
Everything's
plastic, but I love
plastic. I want to
be plastic."
16. SOME STATISTICS.
The Warhol market is
considered the bellwether
of post-war and
contemporary art for
many reasons.
17. SO WHAT HE WAS LIKE?
a religious man
had a bizarre personality
was extremely eccentric as he
grew older
obsessed by the ambition to
become famous
loved cats and he sometimes
made images of them in his
artworks for his personal collection
18. AFTER HIS DEATH
In May 1994 the Andy Warhol Museum opened in his
home town Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania.
Warhol had so many possessions that it took nine days
to auction his estate after his death; the auction
grossed more than US$20 million.
In 1987 in accordance with his will the foundation was
established. It’s mission is the advancement of the
visual arts.
19. "People need to be made
more aware of the need to
work at learning how to live
because life is so quick and
sometimes it goes away too
quickly." - Andy Warhol
