
Valentine’s Hearts Ads ( ... Having a Heart Attack)
1982
Andy Warhol's *Valentine's Hearts Ads (... Having a Heart Attack)* is a vibrant exploration of consumer culture and the commodification of emotion, rendered in synthetic polymer paint and silkscreen ink on canvas. The work juxtaposes the saccharine imagery of commercial Valentine's Day advertising with an unsettling undercurrent, blending mass-produced sentimentality with Warhol's signature flat, bold aesthetic. Through his signature silkscreen technique, Warhol transforms familiar, throwaway visual language into a meditation on desire, mortality, and the seductive power of advertising.
- Medium
- synthetic polymer paint and silkscreen ink on canvas
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
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February 28, 2018
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