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Andy Warhol — How to Tell You’re Having a Heart Attack
Andy Warhol

How to Tell You’re Having a Heart Attack

Andy Warhol's *How to Tell You're Having a Heart Attack* employs his signature silkscreen technique to transform a mundane public health advisory into a striking work of pop art. Bold, flat colors and repeated text fragment the clinical medical information into an almost decorative visual experience, blurring the line between life-saving communication and commercial graphic design. The work reflects Warhol's enduring fascination with mass-media imagery and the way urgent, even life-or-death messages are packaged and consumed by the public.

Medium
silkscreen ink on canvas

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December 9, 2015

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Andy Warhol, How to Tell You’re Having a Heart Attack

Andy Warhol's *How to Tell You're Having a Heart Attack* employs his signature silkscreen technique to transform a mundane public health advisory into a striking work of pop art. Bold, flat colors and repeated text fragment the clinical medical information into an almost decorative visual experience, blurring the line between life-saving communication and commercial graphic design. The work reflects Warhol's enduring fascination with mass-media imagery and the way urgent, even life-or-death messages are packaged and consumed by the public.

Medium
silkscreen ink on canvas
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Bold, American, Red, Text, Silkscreen, Pop Art, Graphic, Warning, Modern, Contemporary

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Collected by

Sebastián In Situ, Alex Capecelatro, Art Institute of Chicago, Sebastián Naranjo, Derek Jones, Lisa Rembrandt, Nicholas Blum, Hamilton Selway Gallery, Nick Phoenix