Andy Warhol is commonly tied with his art studio, The Factory, which was coined in 1962. A trendy spot for the artsey types of Warhols time to hang out and party. The cleaver name for the studio, expresses the hard, long work warhol did.
Warhol has been constantly criticized for his mass produced art, I understand art should be something that is unique to itself but in the same sense anyone who has done printmaking knows the originality in each piece and detail. Warhol was known primarly known for his silkscreens. It came closest to his idea of proliferation of art. The Factory was not only used for Warhol's silkscreening, but also designing of shoes and a filmmaking studio. Warhol made over 300 experimental underground films - most rather bizarre and some rather pornographic. His first one was called Sleep and showed nothing else but a man sleeping over six hours. Warhol's art was broad and ground breaking for his time, i constantly wonder what life would be like with warhol in the 21st century.
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