2. Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol turned the art world upside down by daring to treat soup cans and movie stars as high art. With his silkscreen prints, mass production methods, and a studio nicknamed “The Factory,” he blurred the lines between creativity and commerce, originality and repetition. Loved by some, loathed by others, Warhol forced people to question what art really is; and whether it had to be rare, personal, or even beautiful at all.