Klaus Honnef's Warhol offers a comprehensive introduction to the pop art icon who transformed American art and culture. From Campbell's soup cans to Marilyn Monroe portraits, the book explores how Warhol blurred boundaries between high and low culture, art and commerce, originality and reproduction. Honnef reveals an artist who understood that in the age of mass media, celebrity and consumerism were the new subjects worthy of artistic attention, creating work that remains both celebration and critique of American life.

WHY WE PICKED IT: Because Warhol saw that the line between art and advertising had already disappeared, and he had the audacity to make that his subject. His work proves that sometimes the most radical thing an artist can do is take popular culture seriously.

DETAILS: • Author: Klaus Honnef • Publisher: Taschen • Format: Hardcover • Publication Date: September 9, 2015 • ISBN: 9783836543897 • Ships direct from distributor in 3–7 business days