An adman’s perspective on Adman: Warhol Before Pop
In this cross posting from The Conversation, UTS marketing lecturer David Waller argues that working in adland was the making of Andy Warhol.
Andy Warhol is one of the most recognisable and influential artists of the 20th century. His images of Campbell Soup cans and celebrities such as Marilyn Monroe, as well as his own face, are iconic symbols of the 1960s Pop Art movement. But his fame did not happen overnight. For over a decade, he worked as a commercial artist. 
‘Andy Warhol in New York City’ c1949 | Philip Pearlstein papers. Archives of American Art. Smithsonian Institution
The exhibition Adman: Warhol Before Pop presents over 300 objects of Warhol’s early work from The Andy Warhol Museum, in Pittsburgh. Many are on display here for the first time. They include sketches, drawings, photographs, LP record covers, draft ads, print ads, recreated shopfront window displays, and advertising awards.
You mean an academics view of Adman, not an Admans view on Adman.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that – its just completely different to what an Adman would discuss / draw attention to.
Is this now a pass in Journalism? This article is terrible.