Andy Warhol Shape Andy Warhol (American, ) Camouflage, 1987 screen prints on Lenox Museum Board, 38 x 38 in. The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh Founding Collection, Contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. © AWF This presentation has been created by The Andy Warhol Museum for EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY and may not be reproduced.
Shapes are enclosed objects and can be created by line, color and value changes that define their edges. Shapes can be: organic (irregular shapes found in nature) also called “natural” geometric (shapes with strong lines and angles such as circles, triangles, and squares).
Shape is considered to be a two-dimensional element, while three- dimensional elements have volume or mass. Shape Andy Warhol (American, ) Skulls, 1979 Screen print on Lenox Museum Board 30 x 40 in. The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh Founding Collection, Contribution Dia Center for the Arts. © AWF
Why is it important to consider both positive and negative space when creating your composition? Andy Warhol (American, ) Space Fruit: Still Lifes (Cantaloupes I ), 1979 screen print on Lenox Museum Board 30 x 40 in. The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh Founding Collection, Contribution Dia Center for the Arts © AWF What is positive and negative space?
Identify and describe the shapes. Are they organic or geometric? How are the shapes’ edges defined? Identify the dominant shapes in each composition. Andy Warhol (American, ) Space Fruit: Still Lifes, 1979 screen print on Lenox Museum Board, 30 x 40 in. each The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh Founding Collection Contribution Dia Center for the Arts © AWF
Andy Warhol’s Printing Process: Warhol would print the background color and the shapes first, then the photographic image of fruit, finishing with hand drawn layer. Andy Warhol (American, ) Space Fruit: Still Lifes (Pears), 1979 screen print on Lenox Museum Board 30 x 40 in. The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh Founding Collection Contribution Dia Center for the Arts © AWF
Andy Warhol (American, ) Grapes, 1979 screen print on Strathmore Bristol Series 500 paper 40 x 30 in. The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Founding Collection Contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. © AWF
Andy Warhol (American, ) Skulls, 1979 Screen print on Lenox Museum Board 30 x 40 in. The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Founding Collection Contribution Dia Center for the Arts. © AWF