{"product_id":"warhol-1","title":"Warhol","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndy Warhol\u003c\/strong\u003e (1928–1987) is hailed as the most important proponent of the\u003cstrong\u003e Pop art \u003c\/strong\u003emovement. A critical and creative observer of American society, he explored key themes of \u003cstrong\u003econsumerism, materialism, media, and celebrity\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Drawing on contemporary advertisements, comic strips, consumer products, and Hollywood’s most famous faces, Warhol proposed a \u003cstrong\u003eradical reevaluation of what constituted artistic subject matter\u003c\/strong\u003e. Through Warhol, a Campbell’s soup can and Coca Cola bottle became as worthy of artistic status as any traditional still life. At the same time, Warhol \u003cstrong\u003ereconfigured the role of the artist\u003c\/strong\u003e. Famously stating “I want to be a machine,” he systematically reduced the presence of his own authorship, working with \u003cstrong\u003emass-production methods and images\u003c\/strong\u003e, as well as dozens of assistants in a studio he dubbed \u003cstrong\u003ethe Factory. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This book introduces Warhol’s multifaceted, prolific oeuvre, which \u003cstrong\u003erevolutionized distinctions between “high” and “low” art\u003c\/strong\u003e and integrated ideas of living, producing, and consuming that remain central questions of modern experience.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57315998957950,"sku":"NW9783836543897","price":12.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9783836543897.jpg?v=1778647685","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/warhol-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}