Andy Warhol

& Portraits…

Andy Warhol, Self-Portrait, 1986

Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol• Born in 1928• Painter, printmaker, filmmaker, author

& record producer• Pop Art (popular culture)• One of his artworks, “The Eight

Elvises” was sold for $100 million in 1963

• Died in 1987

What’s Popular?

• Warhol was fascinated with the way people and products become so popular

• He printed thousands of colourful pictures of famous movie actors, singers, brand-name foods and cartoon characters

• Many people loved his Pop Art prints, and Warhol became a rich and famous start!

Andy Warhol, 32 Campbell’s Soup Cans, 1962

Pop Art & Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol, Green Coca-Cola Bottles, 1962

Andy Warhol once said everything he painted - from a can of Campbell's

soup to a bottle of Coke - should really be classed as a portrait.

Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa”

Andy Warhol; Mona Lisa Four Times; 1978 Andy Warhol, Mona Lisa; 1963 Serigraph

Imagine a Famous Movie Actor…

• Warhol clipped a photograph of the beautiful movie star from a newspaper

• He and his helpers printed out her photo with ink and a process called photo-silkscreening

• Instead of normal skin colours, he printed the star’s face over and over in fun, unusual colours and black & white.

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Andy Warhol’s famous multiple screen-prints of Marilyn Monroe (1963), based on an image he cut out of a poster for the film “Niagara”.

Andy Warhol’s Portraits

• 1960s, 70s and 80s, produced more than 1000 portraits

• Subjects included Wayne Gretzky, Princess Diana, Mick Jaggar…

• Always charged the same for a set of portraits - $25,000 for the first and $15,000 for the second

• Some years, was making $1 million on portraits alone

Ethel Scull 36 Times on display at the Andy Warhol exhibition, Grand Palais, Paris. Photograph: Yoan Valat/EPA

-retrieved Nov. 2010 from http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/mar/18/andy-warhol-grand-palais-paris

O Warhol-Inspired Portraits…

1. Take digital photos2. Print and make 4 copies3.Add fun, unusual colours4.Mount all 4 images together

Digital Photography

Tips for Taking Photos…

1. Decide on the subject (focal point)2. Get in close3. Hold the camera steady4. Focus (auto)5. Flash (glare?)6. Check your backgrounds7. Experiment

Things to Consider…

• Is the image in focus?• Is it a close-up?• Does the photo ‘capture’ you? • Is it an interesting pose?• Does this photo/pose tell something about

you?

Choose your favourite pose.