Andy Warhol: Window on the World

Temple University

Matthew Palczynski holds a Ph.D. in art history and has been teaching at Temple University’s Tyler School of Art since 2004, where his focus is on vanguard art post-1850. He has lectured extensively at colleges, including the University of Pennsylvania and Stanford University, and at organizations such as Renaissance Weekend, The Barnes Foundation, Road Scholar, and the National Gallery of Art.

 

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

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Wendy Meer

Warhol

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.

2 years ago
Sylvia Rosas

Great Primer on the Artist

The presenter did a great job and unfolding Warhol for us and this lecture has definitely rekindled my interest in Warhol and the artists who came before him in his niche.

2 years ago
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