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ABOUT EDWARD KURSTAK Types of Art Styles: A Guide for Collectors

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Collectors run into a tough decision sometimes—figuring out what fits best when there are countless types of art styles to pick from. The answer starts with knowing what sets an art style apart. It’s also essential to understand how it differs from a movement in art or a medium like oil or sculpture. A style refers to the visual language used by an artist or group. A movement connects artists...

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ABOUT EDWARD KURSTAK What Are 9 Unique Pop Art Characteristics You Should Know?

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What is Pop Art? What is Pop Art? It emerged in the mid-20th century as a bold and vibrant response to postwar consumer culture. Defined by its fascination with everyday imagery such as advertisements, packaging, celebrities, and comic books, it challenged the elitism of traditional fine art by embracing mass media and popular culture. The Cultural Backdrop of the 1950s–1970s Rooted in the economic optimism of the 1950s and the...

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ABOUT EDWARD KURSTAK Grevy’s Zebra by Andy Warhol, Part of the Endangered Species Series

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Though much of Andy Warhol’s work—especially that which centers around celebrity, fame, and the access that comes with those constructs—is celebrated for its self-indulgence, the artist was, behind closed doors, a conservationist deeply concerned about the impact of modern human activity on the natural world around us.  As such, and after particular conversations about his concerns with New York art dealers Ronald and Frayda Feldman, in 1983 Warhol set out...

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ABOUT EDWARD KURSTAK Keith Haring Art for Sale

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During the 1980s, Keith Haring rose to be one of the most prominent artists in the United States with artwork that bridged the gap between the fine art world and the street, creating accessible paintings that could be found at-random as graffiti in New York City subways, building facades and sidewalks just as well as in some of the most renowned galleries in the City—and even, eventually, in his own...

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ABOUT EDWARD KURSTAK Andy Warhol Spotlight: Mickey Mouse in the Myths Portfolio

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As we’ve covered before on our blog, Andy Warhol’s rising star of fame reached its zenith in the 1960s and ‘70s when he turned his artists’ eye—and paintbrush—toward producing multiple-versioned representations of inescapable American icons. Within these years, he’d create paintings of celebrities including Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando, Marilyn Monroe, Liza Minelli, and countless others, and his work essentially celebrated the relationship between artistic expression, celebrity and advertisement—suggesting that the...

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