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Books > Arts & Architecture > Industrial / commercial art & design > Illustration & commercial art > General
You may know Bill Campbell's name, but chances are, you know his
handiwork better, especially the Weird-Ohs models that burst on the
pop culture scene in the 1960s. Enjoy looking back over the career
of this colorful artist in over 700 brilliant photos and witty
prose. From his early days painting model box tops for the Hawk
Model Company to his invention of the iconic Weird-Ohs model kits,
Bill has continued to create some of the most unique artwork the
world has seen. Also discover his work for national ad campaigns,
editorial cartoons, his box art, fine art, and the Weird-Ohs that
never were. Now much of that work has been gathered into one volume
that traces the entire arc of Bill's career, including his
connection to the Manhattan Project, an initiative that may well
have saved his life. Much of the art is presented here for the very
first time.
Andy Warhol (1928–1987), a giant of twentieth century art, is
known to most people for his iconic images of soup cans, Coke
bottles, and Marilyn Monroe. Before his meteoric rise to fame in
the early 1960s as a Pop Art superstar, Warhol was a highly
successful commercial artist in New York. Â The late Matt
Wrbican, former chief archivist of the Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh,
once said “there are very few stories left to tell about Warhol,
but textiles is one of them”. This is the first book devoted to
the commercial textile designs of this leading figure in the
history of art. With stunning new photography throughout, including
unpublished images of newly discovered textiles, the book sheds new
light on a previously undocumented but important aspect of
Warhol’s oeuvre. Featuring over 30 different textiles,
from ice cream sundaes to acrobatic clowns, Warhol: The
Textiles offers a unique record of the beginnings of one of the
twentieth century’s greatest artists. Published in association
with the Fashion and Textile Museum Exhibition Schedule:
Fashion and Textile Museum, London (March 31–September 10, 2023)
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