Andy Warhol: What Is Pop Art?

What Is Pop Art?

Interviews with Eight Painters, 1963

by Gene Swenson, Art News 62, New York,

November 1963; reprinted in Pop Art Redefined, John Russell and Suzi Gablik (eds.), London, 1969

It's hard to be creative and it's also hard not to think what you do is creative or hard not to be called creative because everybody is always talking about that and individuality.

Everybody's always creative. Ans it is so funny when you say things aren't, like the shoe I would draw for an advertisement was called a 'creation', but the drawing of it was not..

There are millions of actors. They're all pretty good. And how many painters are there?

Jungho Lee | Surrealist Illustrator

The Korean artist Jungho Lee is based in Seoul where he creates surreal illustrations for books and is also in the process of working on his own picture book.

Many of his recent pieces incorporate actual books as a wide variety of visual metaphors from the wings of a plane to pools of stars.

Jungho Lee was recently named the overall professional winner of the "World Illustration Awards 2016".

Marie-Paule Deville-Chabrolle, 1952 | Figurative sculptor / painter

Marie-Paule Deville-Chabrolle is an painter and sculptor, known for working in the Figurative style.

She was born in Meknes, Morocco, lives and works in France.

Marie-Paule Deville-Chabrolle was influenced by Asia because she has made many trips there and studied in Cambodia. She pays tribute to femininity.

The human body is the sole object of her work. She draws, sculpts, conceals then transforms her pieces in bronze.

Keith Mallett, 1948 | Abstract Figurative painter

Keith Mallett was born in Pennsylvania, and received his formal art training at the Art Students League, and Hunter College in New York City. He has worked as a freelance artist and for fifteen years was the in-house artist for Frontline Art Publishers. Keith’s work is currently published by Canadian Art Prints, one of the largest fine art publishers in the world.

Keith was commissioned to design the official limited edition print commemorating the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s historic breakthrough into major league baseball. His art was chosen to grace the cover of Chicken Soup for The African American Soul, the first Chicken Soup collection to deal exclusively with the African American experience.

Daniel Mirante, 1977 | Visionary painter

Daniel Mirante is a painter, art teacher and designer, born in Chester, a Roman city situated on the border of Wales and England.

He is an independent fine art professional, writer and researcher, and educator of painting practice, art history and contemporary esoteric art.

Daniel is the co-founder and director of Art Pilgrim, a UK based educational project that specialises in instruction in painting approaches and exploration of translation from traditional to contemporary culture.

Odalisque paintings

Pierre-Auguste Renoir | Odalisque | National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

An odalisque (Turkish: odalık / اوطه‌لق) was a chambermaid or a female attendant in a Turkish seraglio, particularly the court ladies in the household of the Ottoman sultan.

The word "odalisque" is French in form and originates from the Turkish odalık, meaning "chambermaid", from oda, "chamber" or "room". It can also be transliterated odahlic, odalisk and odaliq.

Thor Lindeneg, 1941 | Surrealist painter

Thor Lindeneg is a Danish surrealist painter who currently resides and works in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Lindeneg was born in in Copenhagen.

Thor Lindeneg belong to the new surrealistic school called Fantastic Figuration.

Andy Warhol | Pop Art painter | Quotes / Citazioni

• In the future everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.
• Nel futuro ognuno sarà famoso al mondo per 15 minuti.


• I've been called "Complex, naive, subtle and sophisticated" all in one article! They were just being mean. Those are contradictory statements but I'm not full of contradictions, I just don't have very strong opinions on anything.
• Sono stato definito con gli aggettivi "complesso, naive, acuto e sofisticato", usati insieme tutti nello stesso articolo! Ma lo hanno scritto con malizia. Queste sono affermazioni contraddittorie, eppure non è che io sia pieno di contraddizioni, semplicemente non ho delle forti opinioni.