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Lj-14th December 2009                                    Semi Sveva Federica, 3 Q

On the 12th of December 3mm and 3Q classes went to Graz: this lovely city put up the show of Andy Warhol, in

Andy Warhol (1928-1987) was an American printmaker, film-maker and printer who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art.

From what I experienced by appreciating his art is that Warhol turned everything into art, including himself or celebrities as Elvis Presley or Merilyn Monroe.

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Even though his works were few, by the help of our guide we got to know the most important traits of this artist. His first production we saw was the “Electric Chair”. He created it as silkscreen print.

This technique is very used and needs to be explained. It is a method of producing a stencil in which a design is imposed upon a screen of a fine fabric, with blank areas coated with an impermeable substance, and ink is forced through the cloth onto the printing surface [American Heritage Dictionary]. Andy Warhol was not the first who discovered it, ...

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