Andy Warhol used the media, which captured his eccentricities, to his advantage and that in turn helped in projecting pop art to the public. Warhol’s timing was perfect in introducing pop. He was even separated from other pop artists who were his peers because he was clearly doing different things with his subject matter. Warhol’s continued success made him th

e most recognizable pop artist. He worked in a period which was referred to as the golden years for art designers and magazine publishers. This period attracted some of the most desirable graphic designers. For many, Warhol was a work of art himself, reflecting back the basic desires of a consumerist American culture. One of his most famous statements was, “Every person will be world famous for fifteen minutes”.

Though his paintings retained much of the style of popular advertising, their motivation was just the opposite. The most famous of the paintings during it’s time, was the paintings of thirty- two depictions of Campbell Soup cans. One in particular, “Campbell's Soup Box”, is a good example of “repetition”. Another example of “repetition” was his painting of “16 Jackie’s” (1964), which was meant to show emotion, effect and to reflect pain of the assignation of JFK, Jackie’s husband. The copying of images was the visual means for expressing detachment from emotions, an attitude regarded as characteristic of the 1960s. Like recurring newscasts, repetition dissipates meaning and with it the capacity of images to move or disturb a person. Warhol produced “16 Jackie’s” in response to the November 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, an even

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