Andy Warhol created more art during the 1980s than any other point in his prolific career. For the first time in twenty years, Warhol returned to painting, developing an extraordinary vocabulary of images and techniques, thus revealing his full potential and artistic genius.
Andy Warhol’s late period was characterized by a burst of artistic innovation and production. Those surrounding Warhol during this time remarked on his tremendous vitality and enthusiasm as he re-immersed himself in painting. Warhol embraced each new idea passionately, working tirelessly on his many projects.
Warhol’s series of Black & White Ads (1985-86) demonstrates his overwhelming desire to address subject matter of strong personal meaning and significance. For this series, Warhol scanned Pop images from newspapers and magazines, representing current popular culture, as well as issues he found to be personally significant. In addition to reproducing ads for products such as the now infamous Campbell’s Soup Can and other current fads, Warhol included sociopolitical commentaries in this collection. He explored all major issues at the time from the growing deficit under Reagan, to the increasing threat of nuclear holocaust and global militarism. Warhol also revealed his deep religious beliefs with incisive works such as, Heaven and Hell Are Just One Breath Away! and Repent and Sin No More!
Warhol’s desire to imbue his late works with great significance was an ambition he had retained from early in his career. Yet he was not able to fully realize this aspiration until he returned to painting during the final decade of his life.
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