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ART HISTORY - ANDY WARHOL
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ART HISTORY - ANDY WARHOL "Pop artist Andy Warhol passionate, if eccentric, commentator on American society." Andy Warhol was a marvel of his time, he confused art issues, he sabotaged modern at. He placed Marilyn Manson and the electric chair on the same level, and popularized the image of America in all the commercial aspects. Andy Warhol also popularized boring objects, from Coco cola bottles to the U.S Dollar or to the hamburger making these everyday objects into art, this caused uproar amongst the art critics of the early 60's who discarded his work as being "Kitsch Postcards". I am interested on his work to do with boring objects and how he manipulated these to become interesting, but another reason why I have picked him is because I really enjoy his work and looking at his life and how he came to be one of the most controversial artist of all...
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