Splat!
Pop art!
Why should photographers be left out of the fun? In fact one of the seminal pop artists used photographs for the basis of many of his screen prints. Andrew Warhola Jnr., better known to the world as Andy Warhol is one of the most famous names in 20th century art. Andy was not just an artistic trendsetter, but a lifestyle setter.
I first came into contact with Andy Warhol the lifestyle setter during a job I had in my first year of university. It was filling supermarket shelves at night. One of my co-workers was a huge Warhol fan. Remember that this was the 1970s, so a peroxide blonde guy wearing a Warhol T-shirt and black jeans was not something you saw every day. You can understand how he enjoyed filling the Campbell's soup can aisle!
www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/andy-warhol-2121
This work is made from a manual cut and paste of numerous photographs I have taken with my Nikon. Nevertheless it is a collage technique that pre-dates the digital era. It could easily have been produced in the 1960s when Pop Art was emerging as a major influence on art and culture.
This is about as far removed from cyanotypes as you could imagine. Although that gives me an idea to explore for the future.
Splat!
Pop art!
Why should photographers be left out of the fun? In fact one of the seminal pop artists used photographs for the basis of many of his screen prints. Andrew Warhola Jnr., better known to the world as Andy Warhol is one of the most famous names in 20th century art. Andy was not just an artistic trendsetter, but a lifestyle setter.
I first came into contact with Andy Warhol the lifestyle setter during a job I had in my first year of university. It was filling supermarket shelves at night. One of my co-workers was a huge Warhol fan. Remember that this was the 1970s, so a peroxide blonde guy wearing a Warhol T-shirt and black jeans was not something you saw every day. You can understand how he enjoyed filling the Campbell's soup can aisle!
www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/andy-warhol-2121
This work is made from a manual cut and paste of numerous photographs I have taken with my Nikon. Nevertheless it is a collage technique that pre-dates the digital era. It could easily have been produced in the 1960s when Pop Art was emerging as a major influence on art and culture.
This is about as far removed from cyanotypes as you could imagine. Although that gives me an idea to explore for the future.