{"product_id":"warhol-9783836543897","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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe author: \u003cbr\u003eKlaus Honnef is honorary professor of photography theory at the Kassel Art Academy. He was one of the organizers of documenta 5 and documenta 6 in Kassel, and has been the curator of more than 500 exhibitions in Germany and abroad. He has written numerous books, including TASCHEN's \"Contemporary Art \"(1988), \"Andy Warhol \"(1989), and \"Pop Art\" (2004).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50603445780754,"sku":"9783836543897","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e762e87a-217b-48bd-b1ee-cc05b4943571.jpg?v=1732246487","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/warhol-9783836543897","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}