Andy Warhol: Window on the World
Matt is an independent art history lecturer, consultant, and educator, focusing on vanguard art after around 1850. He presents talks online and globally for academic, corporate, and nonprofit organizations. His presentations include those for Renaissance Weekend, Stanford University, The Wharton School, Road Scholar, and United Airlines. He is an Adjunct Senior Instructor at The Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia and has taught at the Tyler School of Art (Temple University) since 2004.
Overview
Andy Warhol saw sublime beauty in the ubiquitous things many of us take for granted, from what we eat and drink to the icons we admire. For him, art was everywhere, and he revealed this reality to his viewers one work, one performance, one film at a time. In a postwar world where mass production and commercialism threatened to chip away at uniqueness, he celebrated the assembly line, in what he created and how he made it. For these and other reasons we’ll explore, Warhol was one of the great visionaries and mirrors of his time.
Recommended Reading:
Warhol, by Blake Gopnik
Andy Warhol – From A to B and Back Again, ex. cat., Whitney Museum of Art
Warhol: Conversations about the Artist, by Patrick S. Smith
Warhol: The Biography, by Victor Bockris
Excellent lecture describing the life and works of Andy Warhol. It greatly helps to understand Warhol’s art and contribution to society when you learn about his personal background and what influenced him. Thank you.