Andy Warhol

Hello fellow print-makers, hope everyone is having a great day! I just wanted to share with you my experience at MOMA.  I had the opportunity to go to New York this past March and visit the Museum of Modern Art.  Although there were many interesting collections and artists, the one that stood out to me was the Andy Warhol collection.  I had to wait four floors until I found it but it was definitely worth the wait.

A little about Andy Warhol himself, he is an American artist known for pop art during the visual art movement.  The subjects of his earlier work derived from advertisements and comic strips, first hand-painted and then silk screened.  The type of mediums Warhol used in this art included hand drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, silk screening, sculpture, film, and music.  He founded Interview Magazine and was the author of numerous books such as Popism: The Warhol Sixties.  His studio, The Factory, was a famous gathering place that brought together distinguished intellectuals, drag queens, playwrights, Bohemian street people, Hollywood celebrities, and wealthy patrons. One of his famous piece was the Campbell's Soup in 1962 where he appropriated Campbell soup and changed the entire meaning altogether.

I had a great time viewing his work at the gallery.  I didn't realize how big the Campbell Soup piece was until I was up close.  It was awesome to be able to see the details of each and every different soup piece.   His Marilyn Diptych was pretty neat too, his use of colors really captures the "pop art" theme.  I definitely recommend visiting his collection if you are ever in New York, his work was truly inspiring and being able to see it in person was the cherry on top.

Happy printmaking ya'll!

-Somaly

LACMA : Andy Warhol

What's up everyone, my name is Aaron and this is my day at the LACMA Art Museum. 
For the record this was my first time at LACMA, so the whole time I was just flipping out all over the place at all the really rad art everywhere around me. But let's get to the real topic of this post, Andy Warhol.

Everyone should know at least one thing about Andy Warhol, but if you don't here's are filler provided by Wiki.  Andy Warhol was an American artist who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, celebrity culture and advertisement that flourished by the 1960s. Warhol's art encompassed many forms of media, including hand drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, silk screening, sculpture, film, and music. He was also a pioneer in computer-generated art using Amiga computers that were introduced in 1984, two years before his death. He founded Interview Magazine and was the author of numerous books, including The Philosophy of Andy Warhol and Popism: The Warhol Sixties. He is also notable as a gay man who lived openly as such before the gay liberation movement. His studio, The Factory, was a famous gathering place that brought together distinguished intellectuals, drag queens, playwrights, Bohemian street people, Hollywood celebrities, and wealthy patrons. Now that you know a little bit about him lets explore some of my favorite things I found of Warhol's work at the LACMA.

First thing I did was to make my way to the exhibition called Futbol: The Beautiful Game. A room full of art about celebrating the eve of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, the exhibition includes thirty artists who made art featuring players around the world and Andy Warhol just happened to be in the exhibition, so I dropped on by and saw this....

--If you world like to see more art from Futbol: The Beautiful Game the exhibition is up until July 20th. --

Then me and my sister made our way to the art exhibition with artwork from 1960's to find more art by Warhol. 

 Left:

 Campbell's Soup Can

Andy Warhol (United States, 1964)

Oil on canvas

Canvas: 36 x 24 in.

Right:

Black and White Disaster

Andy Warhol (United States, 1962)

Acrylic and silkscreen enamel

Canvas: 96 x 72 in.

Left:

Campbell's Soup Can X Sister 

Top Right:

Cow Wallpaper

Prints

Bottom Right:

Marilyn Monroe Diptych

United States, 1970

Prints

I had fun at the LACMA. His work is still up for display.

Make your way down there this summer if you have a chance.

LACMA

5905 Wilshire Blvd.

Los Angeles CA 90036

tel 323 857-6000 

June Wayne: Paintings, Prints, and Tapestries

Above: artist June Wane 

Hey everyone I'm not much of a writer, bear with me, but I'd like to talk a bit about my trip to PMOCA this past friday and their current exhibit on artist June Wayne. Born in Chicago in 1918, June had aspirations to become an artist from an early age. The exhibit showcases much of her life through the form of paintings, lithographs, and even tapestries. There are a couple of monitors installed that have June herself, talking about certain pieces in the exhibit. June Wayne lived an interesting life, living in America in the great depression, WWII, and the civil rights movement. June was a big part of the feminist art movement of the 70s as well as being an integral part of the california art scene. Although the museum didn't allow to take photos I managed to sneak in a few snapshots of my favorite works. 

White Tidal Wave,1972

Color lithograph, Printed by William Law III and published by Tamstone;

 The June Wayne Collection

Merry Widow
from the series Next of Skin, 1980
Color Lithograph (state I), Printed by Edward Hamilton

 

A Little Nothing
from the series Next of Skin, 1980
Color Lithograph, Printed by Edward Hamilton

Whoopers, 1998 

Color lithograph Printed by Eileen Foti and published by 

the Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper

Her work will be on display at the Pasadena Museum of Contemporary Art until August 31st. So if any of y'all are in the area at one point in the summer, I highly recommend visiting the exhibit. Her tapestry work, although I couldn't get a picture (insert sad face emijo here), was one of the most intricate works of fabric I had seen. From only a few feet away they look just like huge prints or paintings, but once closer you can make out the texture of the fabric and the details of the thread to create the illusion of an actual painting blend.