Softcover | 16.76 x 2.16 x 20.96 cm | 80 pp
Tate Publishing | 2019 | 9781849763189
From the popular Tate Introduction series that offers a concise introduction and pictorial overview of the greatest modern artists and artistic movements.
Warhol's work reflected and commented on contemporary themes in American society: consumerism; celebrity; mass production; disaster and death. To capture these ideas he used a wide range of iconic images: Coca Cola; Marilyn Monroe; Elvis Presley; the electric chair; the crashed car; the race riot; and the atomic bomb. His openness to subject matter was matched by a willingness to explore all media, resulting in his innovative approach to painting, photography, drawing and printmaking, and his influential activity as an experimental filmmaker.
