ANDY WARHOL and POP ART

        If your ever in Pittsburgh, you must stop by the Andy Warhol Museum, it is Pop Art extraordinaire.  I consider Warhol as the original Pop Artist.

        In 1961 he made his first Pop Art paintings based on comic books and ads, in 1962 he debuted his famous Campbell's Soup Can series, which was a sensation in the art world.

        He then made his now famous movie star portraits including Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor and Elvis Presley to name a few.

        From 1963 and 1968 he worked with many of his superstar performers to create many films.  In 1964 his first exhibition of sculptures was held in his new studio which was painted silver known as "The Factory".

        Through the following years until his death in 1987, he continued to produce groundbreaking art, sometimes very controversial, always Pop Art.

        I live only a few miles from his grave site and a few years ago several of my artist friends and I went to see it, and for a person who lived with such grandeur and his constant need to be in the limelight, the grave stone is very small and unpretentious with just his name and date of birth and death on it.

        As an artist, his contributions were great and his museum captures the essence of Andy Warhol, I recommend a visit.

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