25 November 09
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Andy Warhol claimed "Good business is the best art." Tate Modern brings together artists from the 1980s onwards who have embraced commerce and the mass media to build their own 'brands'. Pop Life includes the work of Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami, Keith Haring and many more POPular creatives.
Tate Moderns winter exhibition, Pop Life: Art in a Material World, examines the concept of the artist turning himself into a product - a money making machine! All the famous show stoppers that you would expect are present. Mega naughty sculptures from Mr Koons, pickled bovines from Mr Hirst, hi-kitsch manga madness from Mr Murakami and a reincarnation of the 'Pop-shop' from Mr Haring (shown above). Pop-tastic!!!Andy Warhol claimed "Good business is the best art." Tate Modern brings together artists from the 1980s onwards who have embraced commerce and the mass media to build their own 'brands'. Pop Life includes the work of Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami, Keith Haring and many more POPular creatives.
False Idol - Damien Hirst - calf preserved in formaldehyde
Hiropon - Takashi Murakami8 out of 10
