Desktop Wallpapers: ANDY WARHOL Portrait and CHAIRMAN MAO Pop Art Painting

I whipped up these 2 Andy Warhol Desktop Wallpapers for use by cool Warhol Fans ONLY! The 1st one uses graphics from his Pop Art Masterpiece, "Chairman Mao" ( It's a cropped close-up of the artwork ) & the 2nd one is a RARE Black & White Photo of Andy Warhol himself. Be sure to check out our many other Andy Warhol Background at this blog, the ANDY-BLOG!

MARK KOSTABI: Post-Modern Pop Artist Paintings

In the 1980's one of my favorite artists was a guy named MARK KOSTABI. He's still a favorite of mine today. He was kinda famous for being one of those artists who hardly ever paints his own paintings, a lot like Andy Warhol, ha ha. One of his gimmicks is to appropriate images from famous art masterpieces & blend them into his own artwork. Here's a few examples. If you look at his 3 paintings here you'll be sure to see examples from Art History. There's Marcel Duchamp, Piet Mondrian, Mark Rothko, Pablo Picasso, Matisse, Dali, & of course, Andy Warhol. Oh yeah, one last thing, the painting of the artist who has hung himself...that's a Desktop Wallpaper. Click on it for a larger version.

Wacky Warhol Wallpaper Wednesday!!

At another blog of mine I post Desktop Wallpapers EVERY Wednesday so I thought I would do the same thing here too! Except, here, I'm gonna call it "Wacky Warhol Wallpaper Wednesday"!! You can use them to brighten your boring desktop or use as a background in a MySpace layout. The 1st one is a variation of the Green Self-Portrait Painting showing Andy in his famous fright-wig. I used this picture before but it's a little different. The 2nd one is a photo of the view in the foyer waiting room at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. When you enter the front door of this establishment the HUGE Yellow Self-Portrait is the very 1st thing you see!

Brand New Products: Wild & Wacky Andy Warhol Items

It's kinda strange how today there's a ton of Warhol-related products being made & a few of them are kinda weird or wacky! Like these: Here's a Set of 5 different real-life SNOWBOARDS that features Warhol's work on the bottom. There's the "Do-It-Yourself Flowers" painting, an Electric Chair from the Art Print Series, a Last Supper variation, a 1960's Flowers Painting, & my favorite, an Andy Warhol Self-Portrait. These are actually pretty cool & I think they would be great to display as art on the wall. The next item is a very small plastic-figure of Andy that is sort of ball-shaped, kinda cute really. This is a part of the current "Urban Toy" culture & made by a company named Harmony. They made other "artists" in the series but who cares about them. The last item is kinda funny & elegant all at the same time, ha ha. It's a Fine-Silk Dress Tie with Andy's famous Pop Art graphic of a Pepsi-Cola Bottle Cap. I haven't really researched these ties that hard but I'll bet ya that they did one with Campbell's Soup Cans, ha ha!

Fine Art Painting: WARHOL WIG ON LITTLE KID By Ron English

From my ANDY BLOG it's kinda obvious that I'm a HUGE Fan of Pop Art, or any kind of ART really! One of my favorite "Modern Day" Pop Artists is a guy named Ron English. He uses a lot of Pop Culture references in his work & sometimes he's very political. He's becoming quite popular so many readers might already know about him, great stuff!! Here's one of his Pop Art paintings showing a pre-adolescent Andy Warhol. ( I love the Silver "Fright Wig" on this little kid, ha ha! ). Every time I see this painting it cracks me up! Plus, it's a well-executed piece of ART. If you'd like to see more work by this guy be sure to check out his website:
CLICK HERE - RON ENGLISH POPAGANDA ART!

Who's Andy Warhol POP ART Painting Portrait is This?

One of my favorite aspects to Andy Warhol's art are the many portraits he did of famous and/or rich people. These Pop Art paintings have become icons in the art world & the "style" is copied by many graphic artists today. Here are 2 examples of one such portrait. Now, the thing that's driving me crazy is I got this picture ( and was gonna publish the information ) from an Australian Government website but I totally forgot the name of it & lost the bookmark! This guy was a high official for their government & had his portrait done. Arrrggghhh, oh well, you can still enjoy it's beauty, ha ha!

DESKTOP WALLPAPER: Andy Warhol's Bright Pink & Yellow Marilyn Monroe POP ART Painting

I thought I'd do a really quick post today & give you guys a cool ANDY WARHOL Wallpaper you can use to brighten your computer's desktop or as a background in a MySpace Layout! It features the famous Marilyn Monroe Painting that he did in the 60's. It's bright pink & yellow, a Classic! I know it looks kinda weird with the image on the right but go ahead & give it a try, you'll like it!

Video: Actor Hugh Grant Sells 1960's Andy Warhol POP ART Portrait Painting of Elizabeth Taylor For $23.7 Million

The real-life movie star Hugh Grant has made more than £9 million ( approx. $23.7 Million ) after auctioning off an Andy Warhol Pop Art portrait painting of Elizabeth Taylor ( Titled "Liz Colored Liz" ) at Christie's Auction House in New York City. Yes, 23.7 Million Dollars!!!

Video: Andy Warhol Art Show Exhibition at the Frieder Burda Museum in Germany.

Andy Warhol is at the core of this year's summer exhibition at the Frieder Burda Museum in Baden-Baden, Germany. In addition to the works of Andy Warhol, the show includes works by Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, Cy Twombly and Anselm Kiefer. I love seeing works of ART near real people because it usually gives the works a lot of scale. The show was from May 25 to October 7, 2007 so it's over but here's some lovely footage ( Sorry, I just got this video subscription service & found out too late ).




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PETER MAX Pop Art Painting of Andy Warhol!

Here's an exremely nice piece of art painted by the famous Pop Artist PETER MAX. This is his idea of a portriat of Andy Warhol with a mustache! Recently I went kinda nuts creating new LINK BUTTONS for this blog & PETER MAX's website is one that I added. You can find it in the top left-hand side of this blog, just below Profile. You should go check out his site because it's pretty cool but please be sure to BOOKMARK my page before ya leave. Oh yeah, and tell all your friends about it!

Warhol Paints ART CAR for BMW ( Video )

Warhol Painting BMW for ART CARS Series ( Wallpaper )

BMW is famous for its "ART CARS", a series dating back to the 1970's where famous artists use a real BMW car as their canvas. One year BMW asked Warhol to paint one of their cars, a BMW M1 Race Car. All the other artists first of all painted their pattern on a scaled-down model and then had this transferred to the car by assistants, the Pop Art legend Andy Warhol painted the 470 hp BMW M1 himself from start to finish. On the subject of his sweeping brush and finger strokes, he said: "I tried to portray speed pictorially. If a car is moving really quickly, all the lines and colors are blurred." Warhol's rolling work of art had its first and only race outing at the 24-hour race at Le Mans in 1979, when it was sixth in the overall ranking. A few select group of artists have painted these for BMW including David Hockney, Roy Lichtnstein, Keith Haring, & others. But we all know Warhol's car is the best! ( Click the Small Pics for Larger Ones, The Car Picture is Big Enough To Be PC Wallpaper!! ).