ANDY WARHOL: THE EARLY SIXTIES

After a successful career in advertising design, Andy Warhol (1928-1987)change course to pursue a career in art. His concerns, however, did notchange, remaining centered on the world of consumerism and mass production.This publication illuminates Warhol's early years as a painter and producerof drawings, from 1961 to 1964. During this period, Warhol graduallyreplaced his somewhat individualized visual language with purelymedia-derived (and therefore collective) subject matter, and developed themechanical painting process of silkscreening on canvas for which he becameso well known. This fascinating process--in essence the gestation of Popart--is examined here through several series, such as the Campbell's soupcan paintings and the Dollar Bills, the star series of Elvis and Liz,theDeath and Disaster pictures and the Flowers series from 1964. Byconcentrating on Warhol's early years, this publication makes it possibleto comprehend the scope of his impact.