Andy Warhol

Printmaking and in particular screenprint was the basic medium for Andy Warhols celebrated work on canvas and paper. Interesting Facts about Andy Warhol.

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. The Factory was Andy Warhols studio in New York City which had four locations between 1963 and 1987The Factory became famed for its parties in the 1960s. It was the hip hangout spot for artist musicians celebrities and Warhols superstarsThe original Factory was often referred to as the Silver Factory. His birth date was never recorded at a hospital.

He once said that good business is the best art He was also interested in film and music. His subjects were often unscripted ordinary eventsa man getting a haircut Haircut a man sleeping Sleep a person eating a mushroom Eat or two people kissing KissHe also filmed Screen Tests 196466 portraits of friends who were instructed to sit as still as possible while the camera rolled. While a prize-winning commercial artist in the 1950s he devised a printing process of blotting outline drawings in ink.

He produced around 60 films and supported a band called the Velvet Underground. In the studio Warhols workers would make silkscreens and lithographs. Campbells Soup Cans and Other Works 19531967 April 25October 18 2015.

Andy Warhol Auteur of the Ordinary Warhol began to make films in 1963. Andy liked to change his birthday and make up stories about his youth when doing interviews with the press.

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