However, not all of his works dealt with intriguing celebrities or mainstream advertising. Scores of artists have revealed more than one side of their persona and Warhol had an area within himself that was different than the bulk of his visual output that seemed a bit morbid. Warhol’s darker side is evident in his “Death and Disaster” series. This was a period in which he related such tragedies as car accidents, suicide, capital punishment, and gang warfare that seems to be more tha

n a passing interest for Warhol. These morbid works differ from his Pop Art pieces and are a part of trying to understand Warhol’s catalogue of work.

Warhol’s use of the infamous Sing Sing electric chair did not stop with this one painting. In 1967 he produced “Big Electric Chair” which differed from the previous piece in many ways. In this version, he focused in on the chair itself instead of the whole chamber. This time there is much less background giving the impression that someone might be in the room. This could be a completely new vision Warhol gives the condemned prisoner by giving him a closer vantagepoint of his demise. The color used in this work takes away the gloomy feeling of the first piece though a sense of morbidity remains. Though the overall visual feel of the “Big Electric Chair” is different than the “Electric Chair”, the original theme remains

In Andy Warhol’s “Electric Chair” series, which was a part of his “Death and Disaster” period, the pieces were quite different from the original in a variety of ways, however the theme and ideas behind the series remains true to the original. The issue of capital punishment must have captivated Warhol’s mind due to the number of different works he produced on the subject. The “Electric Chair” series shows a side of Warhol not seen in his most popular works. Through these pie

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