“But I always say, one's company, two's a crowd, and three's a party” – Andy Warhol This beautiful screen print entitled, Committee 2000, is hand signed by the iconic pop artist. It comes from an edition of 2,000 total, and...
Alex Katz has always had his own direction, and it has not been the direction of mainstream art in any of the last seven decades. In the 1950s, when most of the serious art being done was abstract, Katz angered...
Jean-Michel Basquiat’s appreciation of comic book superheroes was threaded throughout his body of artistic works Batman, the Joker, Superman, Thor and Captain America appear alongside Basquiat’s iconic text and gestural marks. In an 1983 interview for Andy Warhol’s Interview magazine,...
As you look at the artwork by Pop Art star Roy Lichtenstein, a theme begins to emerge: women. Comic book women of the 1960s with the classic blonde hair and red lips. They are anonymous, beautiful and often unhappily bothered...
In the early 60’s, Andy Warhol declared “painting is dead,” and became fascinated with printmaking. He saw it as the way to make art in the modern world, and fully dove into exploring how to push the boundaries of this...
“I thought to be an artist you had to be a genius or something. It was that 19th century idea…but with hard work, I got to be good.” Alex Katz While best known for his bright, billboard-size portraits, Alex Katz has...
The first thing you see when you look at the lithograph FEMME AU BOUQUET (WOMEN WITH BOUQUET) are the beautiful contrasting warm reds, oranges, blues and greens. Marc Chagall’s masterful application of color is always a treat to behold. PABLO PICASSO once confided...
Ever since his graffiti beginnings in 1990s New York – art has always been a communication too for KAWS. From street art to vast public commissions, he says, “it’s a chance to create a dialogue”. Some might not take KAWS's cartoon-inspired...
"I don't want to be a celebrity artist. I want to be known for my ideas."- DERRICK ADAMS This suite of 9 screenprints, titled HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER, is a commentary on what Adams has referred to as the “joy of...
In the 1960s, ROY LICHTENSTEIN created "fantasy drama" artworks of women in love affairs with domineering men. Artworks like CRYING GIRL portray innocent "girls next door" in a variety of tenuous emotional states. PABLO PICASSO'S depictions of weeping women may have been a influence on...
“I like to think I have the guts to stand up anonymously in a western democracy and call for things no-one else believes in - like peace and justice and freedom.”- BANKSY The Wizard of Oz is a story that is...
Communism probably isn't the first political movement you’d think to associate with Andy Warhol. The king of Pop art was best known for work that glorified postwar American consumer culture, from artwork of CAMPBELL'S SOUP CANS to celebrities like MICK JAGGER, and for his...
"There is one thing that connects me with PABLO PICASSO and ANDY WARHOL: We all like cars, but we don't have a license." – HEINER MEYER German Pop Art artist Heiner Meyer has been providing us with insights into our psyche and consumer behavior...
RUSSELL YOUNG is a British-American artist best known for large silkscreen paintings using imagery drawn from recent history and popular culture. From an early age, he was powerfully drawn to the idealized drama of the American dream. In school, he studied...
"Art should be something that liberates the soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further.“ –Keith Haring Between flowers and sex there has long been an enduring link. For gay artists, in fact, the hermaphroditism of flowers – most have both pistils and stamens...
Upon graduating, JULIAN OPIE moved from place to place, making works in abandoned bus stops, garden sheds, and friends’ basements. As the young artist quickly emerged as an influential figure in the British art scene, the need for a proper studio grew....
“I’m just so freaked out because of the kids—they’re so innocent and pure and what the f–k is going to be there for them? Sorry, there’s no animals, they’re all extinct.” Back in 1981, KENNY SCHARF began trawling the streets of New...
“shelby and sandy are brothers from los angeles. shelby and sandy are nice.” This is the entire “about” section on SHELBY AND SANDY’S website. The eclectic pair have a simple and humorous aesthetic, but their art is carefully constructed and crafted. They search...
In the last few decades, ALEXANDER CALDER has quietly risen to almost mythical status in the pantheon of mid-20th-century American abstract artists. The lithograph, ENVIRONMENT AND EVOLUTION appears to combine many different conversations converging in the 20th century. The Environmental movement started in the...
In the entrance hall of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art in Israel one evening in 1989, a gray curtain swept aside to reveal a colorful addition to the museum's collection - a vast mural, measuring 23 by 54 feet,...
Portraiture is, without any doubt, one of the most important genres in the history of art. Together with landscapes, portraiture is probably the most used artistic genre in art in general. But what is so magical about portraiture? As scholar...
