2013.5.2
Flowers
Artist
Andy Warhol (Andrew Warhola)
(Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 8/6/1928 - 2/22/1987, New York, New York)
Title
Flowers
Creation Date
1970
Century
mid-20th century
Dimensions
38 x 38 in. (96.52 x 96.52 cm)
Object Type
print
Creation Place
North America, United States
Medium and Support
Screenprint on paper
Credit Line
Gift of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
Copyright
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Accession Number
2013.5.2
Andy Warhol, the quintessential pop artist, returned to same motifs over and over through screen-printing. One of his most famous is this grid of four simplified flowers, often rendered in different combinations of bright, flat colors. Warhol’s pointed exploration of the relationship between fine art and popular visual culture constituted a revolutionary gesture, prompting his audience to reconsider the very nature of art. – Just what transforms a cliché, or mundane imagery, into art, and visa versa? To what degree does “art” relate to a work’s aesthetic properties, and to what degree to its conceptual content? Warhol’s successful provocation continues to resonate.