Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol 1928-1987

In 1945 he entered the Carnegie

Institute of Technology (Carnegie
Mellon University) where he majored in
pictorial design. Upon graduation, Warhol
moved to New York where he found
steady work as a commercial artist. He
worked as an illustrator for several
magazines including Vogue, Harper's
Bazaar and The New Yorker and did
advertising and window displays for
retail stores.

Pop Art
The 1960s was an extremely
prolific decade for Warhol.
Appropriating images from
popular culture, Warhol created
many paintings that remain icons
of 20th-century art, such as the
Campbell's Soup Cans, Disasters
and Marilyns.

Warhol
Myths and Legends

Warhol and Composition

 Following routine gall bladder

surgery, Andy Warhol died
February 22, 1987. After his
burial in Pittsburgh, his friends
and associates organized a
memorial mass at St. Patrick's
Cathedral in New York that was
attended by more than 2,000
people.

Endangered Animals Series

10 original silkscreen prints by pop artist
extraordinaire Andy Warhol. In 1983
Warhol produced this series of portraits
of animals facing extinction at that time.
His use of bright colors and gestural
lines lend dimension and power to the
images. These human-like portraits are
filled with emotions and intrigue, leaving
us with the impression that the animals
are aware of their fate.

COMPOSITION!
is the placement or arrangement of
visual elements or ingredients in a work of art,
as distinct from the subject of a work.

BALANCE:

a way of combining elements to add

a sense of stability

Balance is a skill that everyone uses almost all of their waking

hours. It is balance that allows you to stand up and walk around.
You balance your checkbook and hopefully find a balance between
your academic and social life.

Visual interest
is what you balance in design. Different colors, shapes sizes, etc.
create different degrees of interest.
It is the distribution of this interest
that you need to control.

FORMAL : SYMMETRICAL
Formal balance, also called symmetrical balance, is a
concept of aesthetic composition involving equal weight and
importance on both sides of a composition

INFORMAL : ASYMMETRICAL
"informal balance occurs when elements are placed
unevenly in a piece, but work together to produce harmony overall.