Guest Post: Leena

Andy Warhol



In this piece, Andy Warhol utilizes the technique of silk-screening. The hand-stenciled silk allows the silk to compose multiple patterns. By adding layers of the colored silk, the image of the final product begins to appear. These silk screens can be used multiple times, which explains Andy Warhol’s huge collection of Marilyn Monroe portraits. These pieces worked best if the subject were staring at the viewers with a distant touch to them. Andy Warhol was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. He is famously known as the “Pope of Pop”. Warhol used “striking colors” to attract his audience to his work. These complementary colors influenced many other pop artists.

Sources:

http://www.tutorialkit.com/tutorials/Andy-Warhol-Pop-Art-Silkscreen-Effect-46894.html

http://history1900s.about.com/od/artists/p/warhol.htm