andy warhol - pop art

Andy Warhol is a great artist and he is known all over the world for his outstanding work. After studying fine art in college, Warhol moved to New York City and began illustrating for magazines and creating advertisements. He became very popular, especially for his drawings of shoes. Warhol's artwork ranged in many forms of media that include hand drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, silk screening, sculpture, film, and music. He was a pioneer in computer-generated art using Amiga computers that were introduced in 1985, just before his death in 1987.

During the 1960s, Warhol began creating the paintings he is best known for today. Warhol loved pop culture and he decided to paint what he loved.Warhol painted large pictures of Coca-Cola bottles, Campbell’s soup cans, and dollar bills That are still observed by the public and other artists today. He also painted pictures of celebrities, and he painted a beautiful multicoloured image of Marilyn Monroe that became of of his most famous pieces. It was during the 1960s that Warhol began to make paintings of iconic American objects such as dollar bills, mushroom clouds, electric chairs, Campbell's Soup Cans, Coca-Cola bottles, celebrities such as Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Marlon Brando, Troy Donahue, Muhammad Ali and Elizabeth Taylor, as well as newspaper headlines or photographs of police dogs attacking civil rights protesters.

Andy Warhol's work leaves you wanting to see more of it as it is bold and beautiful, his work intrigues me and i believe that the bright colours were used as they make things bolder and show that the image was made to be happy and warm looking. I recommend that people who haven't seen his work should take a look at his creations as it is inspirational as well as beautiful.

noel fielding - Brilliantly bizzare

fieldings with a piece from his second exhibition

Noel fieldings work is in the style of surrealism and in my opinion is brilliant. He held his first exhibition, entitled Psychedelic Dreams of the Jelly Fox at Maison Bertaux in early 2008. He claimed that he was inspired by Henri Rousseau, René Magritte, Willem de Kooning, Roy Lichtenstein, and Dexter Dalwood, He has also revealed that he feels inspired by Salvador Dalí.

A second exhibition entitled "Bryan Ferry vs the Jelly Fox" took place at the same place as the first at Maison Bertaux, from 5 July 2010 through to 5 January 2011. On 6 September 2011, Fielding received Honorary Masters Degrees from Buckinghamshire New University for his ongoing interest in the graphics area and support for many art organisations. In October 2011, Fielding released an art book called 'Scribblings of a Madcap Shambleton', which he produced alongside a co star from a program called The Mighty Boosh Dave Brown. It features many of his old and new paintings, drawings and photography.

fieldings with a piece from his first exhibition

I like how noel goes over the top when enlarging parts/features of the face on some paintings and how he only uses minimum amounts of details.I love how he puts bright colours together to make the image really attract your attention and think this makes what makes the images brilliant.