Art certainly plays a very important role in people’s lives. It seems like in everything we do, art is always involved. In this world, many people are interested in arts but it seems like there are only a few who are lucky enough to have an extremely amazing talent on arts. There are only a small number of people who are blessed and who are gifted.
Andy Warhol is one of these people who has a great talent when it comes to art. If you know Vincent Van Gogh and Michelangelo then you can definitely add up Andy on them. But unlike the said artists, Andy is more like a god of art of the new millennium since he has been here more recently than them.
He was born as Andrew Warhola in 1928 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Who would have known that he will have this power to change the world of art? Young Andy was just an ordinary boy but his extraordinary talent in arts was already evident during his younger years. This talent was the reason why when he graduated; he decided to work as an illustrator on different popular publications during those times. In the 1950’s, he was already famous because he has been receiving various kinds of awards for his works.
His first solo show paved the way for him to become more popular in his chosen field. Yet, there are still more to come for Andy Warhol. I am certain that you are familiar with the Campbells soup cans. Don’t you know that he was the one who created that? He also did the Coca-Cola bottles, the Brillo boxes, and the Dollar Bills. All of these are famous. He became so popular with his Consumerism theme.
Though Andy Warhol first became well-known because of his talents in painting, he invaded not just the world of painting. He also invaded the world of films, drawing, sculpture, audio, time capsules, television, fashion, performance art, theater, photography, music, and computer. And in this world, only a few people are able to do that. So do you now have an idea on how talented and gifted Warhol is?
He is absolutely a genius to the point that he became so capable of changing people’s view about arts. His influence was really great. But then life was also never been so easy for Warhol. Behind the popularity were the many issues against him. One of these was the issue about his sexuality. And the worse thing that he ever experienced was the assassination attempt on him on June 3, 1968 which has changed his life. This had a great impact on his existence and on his art.
After that, life went on for Warhol. But on early morning of February 22, 1987, Warhol was proclaimed dead. He suffered a heart failure on his sleep and this is said to be the consequence of his gallbladder surgery. Although he is now dead, he is still never forgotten because of his contributions especially in the field of art.
