Andy Warhol Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn) (F & S II.26) For Sale

Also known as ‘copper Marilyn’, this is a screenprint from Andy Warhol’s 1967 portfolio. A series that has become perhaps his most recognisable, Andy Warhol’s Marilyn portfolio embodies his infatuation with middle America’s obsession with celebrities and popular culture. Warhol was heavily inspired by this 20^th century phenomenon, as well as concepts of mass production, industry advancement and consumer culture. Warhol was obsessed with reimagining highly visible images and objects, drawing inspiration from the materiality that dominated American culture. Marilyn Monroe was the ultimate sex symbol of the 1950s, a period during which open sexuality was taboo. Her acting career was hugely successful, propelling her into the limelight as a superstar staple of America’s entertainment industry. The Marilyn portfolio encapsulates Warhol’s obsessions. Infatuated with consumerism and anything famous, Warhol was inspired by the quotidian products of everyday life.

Warhol felt objects like a Campbell’s soup can were overlooked, the opposite to the hyper-visibility of celebrities in the media. But by displaying both inspirations via the same medium, he raised the lowly soup can to the hyper-famous Marilyn Monroe as one and the same. Thus, for Warhol, ubiquitous soup can labels, or famous singers and actresses, were all famous in the same way. His obsession with consumer society and the prosperous post war economy of the 1950s and 60s is evident throughout his oeuvre. Throughout his career, Warhol portrayed other celebrities, such as Liz Taylor, Mick Jagger, and Marlon Brando. Similar to his work with Campbell’s soup, Warhol imitates a mass-market item. Warhol utilises themes such as the monetization of identity and the visual diet of American society through his silkscreens. He portrays Marilyn Monroe as a mass produced good that people all throughout the nation hungrily consume in a way that is no different to their consumption of Campbell’s Soup or Coca Cola.

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