With Oscar day heading our way this weekend we are getting ready to do our yearly live tweeting and website updating through the early hours to bring you news on the winners and more.
So today we’re bringing you something Oscars based but also a chance to remember Andy Warhol who passed away this week 30 years ago this week. The populariser of Pop and artist-in-chief of 1960’s New York left an indelible mark on the culture around him.
To commemorate his talent, whilst looking ahead to this weekend’s Oscars, the design team at Shutterstock have reimagined each of this year’s Best Picture nominees in the style of a particular pop artist.
It has become an annual tradition for Shutterstock’s design team to challenge each other to create posters following the rules and aesthetic of a particular designer or design movement.
So today, in light of the anniversary of Warhol’s death and the build-up to the Oscars, we thought our readers would love to see the images that the design team have come up with and they are pretty amazing from Arrival to La La Land, the artwork will certainly get you in the mood for the Oscars.
Pop-Art Commemorating Andy Warhol
Arrival by Alice Lee. Artist Inspiration: Roy Lichtenstein
I love Lichtenstein’s comic style and bold colours, and I used it to bring a totally different perspective to Arrival by adding a sense of fun. I made Amy Adams’ character into one of Lichtenstein’s heroines, trying to make sense of her extraordinary situation. – Alice Lee
Hidden Figures by Alice Li. Artist Inspiration: Idelle Weber
Hidden Figures shines a light on the untold stories of three black women who were integral to the United States’ space program. It made me think of another woman in the 1960s whose work went unrecognised because of discrimination – the artist Idelle Weber. I used her signature silhouette style to frame the characters in the film. – Alice Li
Lion by Flo Lau. Artist Inspiration: Bruce Gray
Lion is about Saroo, a 5-year-old boy who got lost and grew up in a foreign country, eventually finding his way home years later using Google Earth and his scattered memories. That sense of chaos and fragmentation reminded me of Bruce Gray’s work. I matched the segmented circles from Gray’s paintings with a key element from Lion, the Jalebi, an Indian dessert that triggered memories of home for Saroo. – Flo Lau
Karen Woodham is the founder and owner of the Blazing Minds. She is also a Cinema reviewer and works with RealD 3D reviewing the latest 3D releases and IMAX, she has also had several articles published in various publications including the first edition of SFW Magazine. In 2015 she became an Award Winning Blogger and also has her website listed as one of the UK’s Top 10 Film Blogs.
