Andy Warhol coined the expression “15 minutes of fame” but left behind a legacy that will keep him alive for much more than that. He was a painter, author, avant-garde movie maker, record producer, sculptor and a celebrity in his own right- quintessentially a Renaissance man of the 20th century. Much credit goes to Andy Warhol and his like minded contemporaries to usher in the Pop culture which became a tipping point for the cultural and social revolution of the mid 1900s, making the transition from the parochial mentality and Victorian prudishness to the liberal age that we witness today. The Pope of Pop brought the face of commercialism out on the open by emblazoning it on all forms of popular art. He gave the closeted form of the visual art movement known as Commercial Art or Pop Art a new lease of life by defying convention and adopting unorthodox means to create spectacular masterpieces making him as critics put it the most brilliant mirror of our times.



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