My favorite! Andy Warhol!

April 30, 2008 pbonds87

I enjoy viewing Andy Warhol’s work because it confirms my previous thoughts of what digital art is. Looking at this picture, he took one image, and changed the color scheme to depict the life and times of Marilyn Monroe. When I first viewed the picture, I took the fading discolorations in a symbolic way. I interpreted the fading of colors to resemble her career at its peak point, and as she slowly dropped out of the spotlight; perhaps death.

I enjoy Warhol’s work because he strayed away from the norm (painting and maybe sculpture) to create digital prints that are still admired today. Warhol allows the viewer to interpret the silk-screening image on their own, rather than giving a precise depiction of what it actually means.