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__Andy Warhol __

 The artist I have chosen is Andy Warhol, he was born with the name Andrew Warhola, he was born on August 6, 1928 Pittsburg Pennsylvania. Andrew was from Pittsburg Pennsylvania his parents were Slovakian immigrants. He lived from 1928-1987; he died at the age of 59. His primary type of artwork was painting but he also did Photography. He media was acrylic paint and Silkscreen many of his more famous paintings were made with acrylic. His style and period was Pop art, which is an art movement and style that had its origins in England but in the 1950’s it made its way to the United States. Pop artists have focused attention upon familiar images of the pop culture such as billboards, comic strips, magazine advertisements, and super market products. One of his influences is that he got shot in 1968, but he took that and turned into inspiration (unlike most artists), with this inspiration he made some of his most famous works like the Marilyn Monroe portrait. He is most famous for his paintings of Cambell’s soup, and many of his celebrity portraits. His Cambell’s soup portrait was displayed at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angles California. He made several portraits of Liz, Jackie, Marilyn Monroe, and Marlon. His art was enhanced by the way he never cleaned up him mistakes and making them part of the painting. Silk Screen was one of his medias it is a technique used by rolling ink onto the canvas/ paper.

 pic from, http://www.artexpression.com/byimage/MCGW1066W.htm



__Artist’s Statement __ The name of my artwork is “Outcast”. It’s called that because the blue flower is an outcast to the green flowers. To make my artwork I used tempera paints. First I painted it black leaving it white where the flowers go. Than I painted the white marks on. After that I painted the flowers in. finally I painted the middle of the flowers. I got my inspiration from the pictures of flowers Andy Warhol made. My piece of art I made shows how easy it is to be an outcast, how one flaw can make you stick out. Making this artwork was fun. I enjoyed working on it. I think that I could of done a better job on the white marks, but other than that I think it turned out good. Andy Warhol’s many pictures of flowers inspired my artwork “Outcast”. It shows how easily some one can be left out. I enjoyed making this project, and it was fun to work on.