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McCooleMatthew-Warhol
For this assignment, I chose to reference Andy Warhol and his iconic pop art style. My photograph features the statue of Bob from Bob’s Big Boy in Toluca Lake, transformed into a pop art composition using Warhol’s signature method of repetition with varied hues. I divided the image into four quadrants, each with a distinct color tone: yellowish, greenish, indigo, and reddish pink. This approach mirrors Warhol’s exploration of consumer culture and everyday icons, reimagining them in bold, eye-catching ways. Warhol often celebrated mass-produced imagery by elevating ordinary subjects—like Campbell’s soup cans or Marilyn Monroe—into vibrant, almost surreal artwork. I applied that same concept here by turning the Bob statue, a symbol of 1950s Americana, into a piece of colorful pop art. The use of bright, unnatural hues and repetition draws attention to the familiar figure while questioning how we perceive cultural icons in a visually saturated world. In addition to Warhol, I considered the stylistic qualities of photographers like Stephen Shore and William Eggleston, who often focused on everyday subjects and imbued them with significance through composition and color. My photograph draws on this idea by taking a well-known roadside attraction and presenting it in a way that emphasizes its role as both a nostalgic relic and a piece of cultural symbolism.
McCooleMatthew-Warhol
For this assignment, I chose to reference Andy Warhol and his iconic pop art style. My photograph features the statue of Bob from Bob’s Big Boy in Toluca Lake, transformed into a pop art composition using Warhol’s signature method of repetition with varied hues. I divided the image into four quadrants, each with a distinct color tone: yellowish, greenish, indigo, and reddish pink. This approach mirrors Warhol’s exploration of consumer culture and everyday icons, reimagining them in bold, eye-catching ways. Warhol often celebrated mass-produced imagery by elevating ordinary subjects—like Campbell’s soup cans or Marilyn Monroe—into vibrant, almost surreal artwork. I applied that same concept here by turning the Bob statue, a symbol of 1950s Americana, into a piece of colorful pop art. The use of bright, unnatural hues and repetition draws attention to the familiar figure while questioning how we perceive cultural icons in a visually saturated world. In addition to Warhol, I considered the stylistic qualities of photographers like Stephen Shore and William Eggleston, who often focused on everyday subjects and imbued them with significance through composition and color. My photograph draws on this idea by taking a well-known roadside attraction and presenting it in a way that emphasizes its role as both a nostalgic relic and a piece of cultural symbolism.