Andy Warhol Veronica Lee

Book Blog 4

Summary:

MLA: Bolton, Linda. Andy Warhol. London: Franklin Watts, 2002. Print.

             Andy Warhol (Andrew Warhola) was born at August 6, 1928, in Forest City, Pennsylvania. His father worked away from home a lot, so his mother had to take care for him, and his brothers. In 1942, his father died, and Andy Warhol was only 14. They got very poor, but they worked hard and saved money doing part-time jobs and summer jobs. Although they were very poor, he was always interested in art. Andy Warhol studied pictorial design at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh. During the summer, he had to After Andy Warhol graduated with a degree in Fine Arts, he planned to become an art teacher. But during the summer his friend told him that he has to go to New York, and he wants Andy Warhol to come with him. Andy Warhol decided to go with his friend, so they left to find their dream. Andy Warhol finally succeeded his life as an artist in New York. He drew lots of things such as a drawing of famous celebrities. He drew Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley and other famous people. Although in his generation, almost every artist was drawing things about consumer society. But Andy Warhol drew things that we could see every time. He also made movies that helped viewers to notices the small difference by not making them confusing like others do. He always made viewers to think and observe what he was trying to tell, and to communicate with people that are sitting next to them. After all those successful drawings and films, he died on February 2^nd, 1987 the result of surgery for a routine gallbladder operation, but his drawings are still popular now.

Historical Time Period:

MLA: Bolton, Linda. "Early Years." Andy Warhol. London: Franklin Watts, 2002. 8. Print.

It takes time during World War 2.

Influence:

MLA: Bolton, Linda. "American Contrasts."Andy Warhol. London: Franklin Watts, 2002. 25. Print.,

Bolton, Linda. "Pop Art." Andy Warhol. London: Franklin Watts, 2002. 13. Print.

             Andy Warhol, who first worked as commercial artist, who would draw something for advertisement or to design the fashion magazine, wanted to become a serious artist not just using his skill for commercials. So he started to find a genre of art that he wanted to do. But when he saw pop artists expressing their feeling as the consumer society, it influenced him; he wanted to change how they’re expressing themselves as the consumer society. That’s why he chose pop art. “New York: Kesseler: ‘Andy! What are you doing?’  Warhol: ‘I’m starting Pop art.’ Kesseler: ‘Why?’ Warhol: ‘Because I hate Abstract Expressionism. I hate it!” (Andy Warhol, 13) That’s why he chose Pop art. He wanted to show people that Pop art has other side than criticizing consumer society. Almost every artist had abstract expressionism, but others like Andy Warhol didn't; he expressed how he felt with a normal drawings. He didn't express his drawing by abstract expressionism. But he drew things that were very familiar to us. “‘If you want to know all about Warhol, just look at the surface of my paintings and films…and there I am. There’s nothing behind it.’ Andy Warhol”

Vocabularies:

Silk-screen printing (Andy Warhol, 16): a form of printing in which color ink is forced through a silk mesh onto the surface beneath.

Pop art (Andy Warhol, 12): an art movement of the 1960s that tried to produce art that everyone would like, and rejected ideas of good and bad taste. Pop art often depicted subjects from popular culture.

Publicity (Andy Warhol, 18): the notice or attention given to someone or something by the media.

Consumer society (Andy Warhol, 12): a society whose main goal is to provide goods and services to the public.

Aesthetics (Andy Warhol, 17): the principles or study of artistic taste.

Ratings:

I loved this book; although this is my first time reading this genre. I think this book is very important because a lot people know who Andy Warhol is, but they don’t really know about him that much. But if they want to learn something about Andy Warhol, they should definitely read this book. I would recommend this book to people who are really interested in pop art, because if they’re not, it would be really boring for them to read. I would rate this book 8 out of 10, because it was first time reading this genre, and I found it very boring. I didn't see myself in this book, because Andy Warhol is really different from what I would do. He is totally opposite of me, but I still like him.