Warhol’s work as an inspiration in education of the art students

Abstract

Pop-art was one of the most important artistic phenomena in the decade 1960-1970. In 2017 there was a thirty anniversary of andy Warhol’s death. This art revolutionist was a „painter of modern times”. He created, using mass culture products and at the same time showing the way the civilization is heading. a return to his creativeness in the international art project Warhol. pop contexts (30 years later) seems to be interesting: it presents students of art universities being representatives of the information generation who are inspired by Warhol’s work and also the direction in which the main aesthetics of pop style is currently migrating. young artists – are they creative or imitative? The article also describes educational dimension of the project.

Keywords

• kreatywność, sztuka pop, twórczość warhola, edukacja