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Self-Portrait
The self-portrait depicts Andy Warhol in a characteristic pop-art style as a vivid red, almost monochromatic face image on a black background. One of five color variants of this great, dramatic work from Warhol's late creative period, showing the artist as a mature master confronting his mortality.
Portrait of the Creator
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Artist
Andy Warhol
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Date of birth and death
August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987
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Natinality
American
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Style
Pop art, contemporary art
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Significant works
Campbell’s Soup Cans (1962), Marilyn Diptych (1962), Chelsea Girls (1966 film), Exploding Plastic Inevitable (1966), Blue Movie (1969)
Information about the work
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Year:
1986
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Execution technique:
silkscreen on canvas
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Theme:
self-portrait, pop art, reflection on death and passing
Internal Narrative and Creative Framework
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Inner Narrative
The work presents Warhol as a pop art icon and a master measured against the inevitability of death. It is a metaphor of passing and the artist's final days, who almost prophetically – before his death in 1987 – created conscious, expressive self-portraits.
The key to interpreting the work
Consider the painting in the context of pop art history, self-portrait as a genre, and Warhol's final years. Pay attention to the color contrast and facial expression, which symbolically juxtapose life and death.See other works by this artist
