Andy Warhol, Campbell's Soup Cans, 1962, MoMA
Link to short video clip about MoMA's Campbell's Soup Cans, 1962 by Andy Warhol http://www.moma.org/explore/multimedia/audios/57/1098
Andy Warhol's Factory model of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s now has its counterpart in the work of Damien Hirst, Jeff, Koons and Takashi Murakami.
Of course, centuries earlier, painters such as Velasquez adopted factory models as well, hiring painters to work on his large scale history paintings.
Read Don Thompson's chapters on Hirst, Warhol and Koons as well as Sarah Thornton's chapter on Murakami to get a sense of how today's artists are
exploiting the so-called factory model. Choose one of these factory-style artists and comment on their particular marketing strategies and market appeal.
Robert Hughes's comments on Hirst may come back into play as you consider the slipping market share of this once coveted trend-setter. We will
examine Hirst's Beautiful Inside My Head Forever auction (Christie's, London, 2008) as an in depth case study in the last week of the course. Provide
links to articles, interviews with artists, and/or examples of particular factory produced works to support your post.
Readings
Don Thompson: ARTH 4696 FINLEY Damien Hirst and the Shark THOMPSON.pdf
Don Thompson: ARTH 4696 FINLEY Warhol Koons and Emin THOMPSON.pdf
Sarah Thornton: ARTH 4696 FINLEY The Studio Visit THORNTON.pdf
Individual Contributions
Vincent Anthony Falkiewicz
Erica Gilbert-Levin
Kimberly Ann Phoenix
Consider & comment:
What did you think of today's readings and wiki features? What issues if any did they raise for you? How did the audio visual material provided support your understanding of this topic? Comment on your classmates' posts. Leave your comments in the box below.