Inspiration for my Teaser Poster adaptation

Inspiration for teaser poster 2

Andy Warhol;

'The Marilyn Diptych' is a rather unusual silkscreen painting by world renowned American pop artist Andy Warhol, currently kept at the Tate Modern gallery in London. It was completed just weeks after the untimely death of the quintessential American sex symbol Marilyn Monroe, the brightly coloured left-side is representative of her bold and outlandish celebrity lifestyle however, the faded grey-scale on the right- side is symbolic of her final years, tarnished by illness, personal problems and her overdose on prescription drugs. In a survey conducted during December 2, 2004 by 500 artist, critics and others the painting was named 'the third most influential piece of modern art'. 

  
Julian Opie;

Julian Opie was born in London and raised in Oxford, he's a bold conceptual artist using new technologies to create unique, minimalistic portraits and animated walking figures. When describing his distinctive approach to art he said, "I often feel that trying to make something realistic is the one criteria I can feel fairly sure of. Another one I sometimes use is, would I like to have it in my room?
And I occasionally use the idea, if God allowed you to show Him one [portrait] to judge you by, would this really be it?". It's visually evident Julian has been heavily influenced by Warhol's 'The Marilyn Diptch', with the use of similar colours and the also the layout of the portraits in a grid.



My Idea;

The Inspiration for my adaptation of Chas's teaser poster, came when I was looking at the 'Best of Blur' album cover, Julian used varies bold pastel colours in the background behind each band member, I thought this looked abstract and contemporary which I liked. What's notable when looking at my piece is it has the same amount of quadruple copying and a square grid layout. However it differs in the use of colour, as in Opie's and Warhol's portraits they used bright and cheerful tones, I opted to use strange edits and harsh contrasts more similar to the left-side of 'The Marilyn Diptych' achieving my final design and better fitting the thriller genre.