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Andy Warhol Shape Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987) 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.
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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).
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Shape is considered to be a two-dimensional element, while three- dimensional elements have volume or mass. Shape Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987) 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
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Why is it important to consider both positive and negative space when creating your composition? Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987) 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?
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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, 1928-1987) 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
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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, 1928-1987) 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
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Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987) 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
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Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987) 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
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