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Gold Marilyn Monroe
by Andy Warhol, 1962
Artwork Details
Details
- Year
- 1962
- Medium
- Silkscreen ink and acrylic on canvas
- Size
- 211.4 cm × 144.7 cm (83.25 × 57 in)
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American artist Andy Warhol created this Gold Marilyn Monroe in 1962, shortly after the actress's death. Her face floats against a vast field of gold, like a Byzantine icon. The silkscreen image, based on a publicity photo, appears both sacred and empty.
Warhol commented on celebrity worship, mass media, and the commodification of beauty. Marilyn becomes a modern religious figure, her image endlessly reproducible yet strangely distant. The gold background evokes Orthodox icons and Hollywood glamour simultaneously. Pop Art collapsed distinctions between high art and popular culture. It hangs in MoMA.
