Context:

Andy Warhol’s mass-production of celebrity faces in response to consumerism really impressed me. In my opinion, he is rejecting the uniqueness of some celebrity people claim to have. For example, in his Marilyn Monroe paintings, by duplicating her faces and changing the colors of her face, I feel like Andy Warhol is saying: “See, your face isn’t unique at all. I can steal it and change it whatever I want.”

Also, Warhol stated that “Pop artists did images that anyone walking down the street would recognize in a split second”, which reminds me of Banksy’s street arts. What Banksy produced conveys a strong idea and is definitely eye-catching. Nevertheless, the form of his creation is always not complicated and in contrary to Warhol, he never use many colors.

Therefore in my project I used Warhol’s method of duplication but kept the color simple.