Andy Warhol

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I selected Andy Warhol because I have long admired his crazy, quirky, unconventional style of producing works of art from normal, everyday subjects ranging from inanimate, normally unnoticed objects to pop culture celebrity icons. I first heard of him in 1986 when his show Andy Warhol's Fifteen Minutes aired on MTV. The show featured Andy interviewing what he thought was the next up-and-coming musical sensations about to get their "fifteen minutes of fame."

Two years later on a poster in the mall at a Spencer's store I saw Warhol's famous Campbell's Soup Can work of art. At first glance I thought the poster was ridiculous because it featured such a simplistic, moronic image. Then, my artistic eye and appreciation for the eccentric took over, and I was immediately drawn into this cool and crazy phenomenon that Andy Warhol called art. I bought the poster and hung it in my bedroom. None of my friends had ever heard of Warhol and did not understand why I would display a 24 x 30 inch Campbell's soup can on my wall amongst the likes of Iron Maiden and Heather Locklear. I didn't either, but I knew I liked it.

Since then I have collected many different Warhol works, from posters and refrigerator magnets to t-shirts, books, and stamps. To me, his work immortalizes all of the pop culture icons they depict. His use of repetition and same image, ( I am real confused by same image wording) different color technique makes for a timeless retro futuristic feel that I look for not only in art works but also in my own home/furniture designs.

Warhol was one of the top graphic designers and highest paid in the 1950's for his work. He worked for most of the top fashion magazines and was recognized as having an artsy style that s...

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... around 10 or 15 people for suggestions. Finally, one lady friend asked the right question, `Well, what do you love most?' He replied, `That's how I started painting money'" ("Andy Warhol Quotes").

My motivation is not derived from pains because I admittedly had a fairly normal childhood and was not abandoned, molested, beaten, or left for dead by my mother or father. They did instill in me, however, that things do not come easy and one must work hard to achieve what one wants out of life. I truly believe that only then can one appreciate a new Jaguar X-type or 50 inch plasma television. I'm sure my blue collar upbringing will play a useful part in my humbling after I direct my first motion picture blockbuster or finally submit some of my creative works from metal, digital photography, or any number of inventions that I have come up with throughout the years.

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