Eight Elvises
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Eight Elvises is a 1963 silkscreen painting by Andy Warhol that features multiple overlapping images of Elvis Presley and is considered one of the most iconic works of Pop Art.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
painting
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silkscreen painting → |
| artForm | screen printing → |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
key example of serial imagery in Pop Art
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milestone in Warhol’s exploration of celebrity icons → |
| artisticMedium | silkscreen ink on canvas → |
| associatedWith | celebrity iconography of the 20th century → |
| basedOn | publicity still of Elvis Presley → |
| colorPalette | black and silver tones → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form: "United States"
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| creator | Andy Warhol → |
| creatorMovement |
Pop art
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surface form: "Pop Art"
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| creatorNationality | American → |
| depictionAction | Elvis Presley aiming a gun at the viewer → |
| depictionOrientation | full-length standing figures → |
| depictionStyle |
overlapping figures
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repetition of celebrity image → serial imagery → |
| depicts | Elvis Presley → |
| era | 1960s American art → |
| genre | Pop Art → |
| hasInfluenceOn |
contemporary Pop Art market
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perception of celebrity imagery in art → |
| iconography | Elvis Presley holding a gun → |
| inception | 1963 → |
| languageOfTitle | English → |
| mainSubject | Elvis Presley in cowboy attire → |
| mainSubjectOccupation |
actor
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musician → |
| movement |
Pop art
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surface form: "Pop Art"
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| movementRole | iconic work of Pop Art → |
| notableWorkOf | Andy Warhol → |
| numberOfFiguresDepicted | 8 → |
| partOfSeries | Warhol Elvis paintings → |
| productionMethod |
mechanical reproduction
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silkscreen printing → |
| subjectGender | male → |
| theme |
American popular culture
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celebrity culture → commodification of fame → mass media reproduction → |
| title | Eight Elvises → |
| visualCharacteristic |
cinematic, film-strip effect
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horizontal frieze-like composition → monochrome imagery → |
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