Marilyn Monroe: from Hollywood star to pop art icon at Emigrand Art Hotel

There are faces that do not disappear with time. Marilyn Monroe is one of them. More than 60 years have passed, and her image still remains alive: a smile, platinum blonde, sensuality. Andy Warhol gave her eternity in art. And now this iconic image lives in Uzhgorod - in the Emigrand Art Hotel, where each room tells the story of pop art.

From Norma Jean to legend

Norma Jean Baker was born in 1926 in Los Angeles. A difficult childhood, foster families, orphanages, but the girl did not leave the dream of becoming an actress. In 1946, Norma Jean signed her first contract with a film studio and took the pseudonym Marilyn Monroe.

At first, the roles were small. But already in the early 1950s she was noticed. "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", "Seven Years Later", "Some Like It Hotter" - these films made her a superstar and a symbol of femininity.

Life became bright, full of new sensations and impressions. But behind the brilliant facade was a vulnerable person. Unsuccessful marriages, depression, drug addiction. On August 5, 1962, Marilyn's life was cut short. She lived only 36 years, but it was after that that she became a symbol - beautiful, dramatic and eternally young.

Pop art: art for everyone

Pop art as an art direction was born in the 50s of the last century in Great Britain and the USA as a reaction to serious elitist art. Pop art artists said: "Why should art only be in museums? Why should it be understandable only to intellectuals?"

They began to use images from mass culture: advertising, comics, celebrities, consumer goods. It was a challenge to traditional art.

The main ideas of pop art:

• brightness - neon colors, flashy, attracting attention;
• repetition - the same image was repeated many times, as on an assembly line;
• accessibility - art for everyone, not just for the elite;
• irony - playfulness, not too serious;
• mass culture - the use of familiar images.

Pop art changed the art world. It showed that beauty can be in the ordinary, blurring the lines between "high" art and mass culture, not trying to decorate things, but showing their true essence, that beauty can be in the ordinary, and art - fun and understandable. This became a challenge to traditional ideas about art.

Andy Warhol: The Artist Who Made Marilyn a Symbol for All Generations

Andy Warhol, the founder of the pop art movement, created a series of works that have become some of the most famous in world art. The Marilyn series (1962) is not just portraits. It is a manifesto of a new era.

Andy Warhol used the silk screen printing technique. This is a method when the image is transferred to the canvas through a special silk screen. Warhol took one photo of Marilyn from a promotional frame for the film Niagara (1953) and repeated it dozens of times, each time with different bright colors.

The result is portraits of Marilyn in neon shades. Pink, yellow, blue, green, her face, repeated over and over again, like a mass-produced product. That was the idea.

Why Marilyn? For Warhol, Marilyn was the perfect symbol. She embodied fame, beauty, mass culture - everything that pop art admired. But at the same time, her tragedy showed the dark side of this fame. Warhol captured this duality - brightness and emptiness, icon and person.

His series with Marilyn became a symbol of pop art. These works are still sold for millions of dollars at auctions. But their value is not only in money. They changed the idea of ​​art, of what can be on canvas.

Bright images and pop art atmosphere at Emigrand Art Hotel

The Emigrand Hotel in Uzhgorod is not just a hotel. It is a stylish interior, where each room has a unique design solution in the pop art style. Bright colors, graphic prints, iconic images on the walls, the atmosphere of the 60s, when Warhol, Marilyn, Elvis were icons of a new era. Each room is a separate work of art. There is no standard, no identical rooms.

And that's cool, because most hotels are neutral and predictable. Emigrand breaks the pattern. These are colors that awaken, this is art that does not leave you indifferent. You are not just a guest - you are part of a cultural phenomenon.

Marilyn in Uzhhorod is natural, because her image is universal. It is not tied to Hollywood. It lives everywhere where beauty and style are appreciated.

Emigrand makes art accessible. You don't have to go to a New York museum - the spirit of the Warhol era is here, in your room.

Marilyn, looking from the walls with her blue eyes, reminds you - beauty is eternal, art is immortal, and good style never goes out of fashion.

Come to Uzhhorod and choose Emigrand Art Hotel, where every room is a story, every wall is a canvas, and every morning carries the beauty of modern art, which becomes part of your vacation.

Marilyn is waiting. Warhol would approve.