Modern Art in the U.S. KIM WOODS ONLY
Modern Art in the U.S.
Warhol’s Twenty-Five Colored Marilyns
Please respond to the following discussion topics and submit them to thediscussion forum as a single post. Your initial post should be 75-150 words in length.Then, make at least two thoughtful responses to your fellow students’ posts. If youhaven’t recently, please review the Rules of Discussion.
Review Andy Warhol’s Twenty-Five Colored Marilyns, 1962. You may view this image in our text or by clicking the link below.
In this work, Warhol repeated a mechanically reproduced image of the movie star.
What do you believe is the logic behind Warhol’s repetition of the image? How does his theme relate to the mass media outlets used to distribute the image of Marilyn Monroe? Justify your response.