Andy Warhol. Vesuvius, 1985. Screenprint in colors on Arches, 31½ x 39½ in. (80 x 100 cm.). Image courtesy of Zeit Contemporary Art, New York
No artist has contributed to the collapse of boundaries between high and low culture as much as Andy Warhol did. Understanding America’s contradictory impulses and the growing power of images in contemporary life, he embraced avant-garde logic, the mass media and consumerism to create original art that profoundly influenced how we see and think about the world now.
