In 1962, Marilyn Monroe committed suicide at home in California. Shortly after, Andy Warhol produced his first screen print of the movie star: a stylised, sultry image he went on to boundlessly reproduce in a kaleidoscope range of lurid colours. Screen printing has a history that stretches back as far as the Chinese Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD), but it is Warhol who has been largely credited with popularising the method in its more modern incarnation - applying the process of moving a squeegee across a stencil and, in doing so, smearing ink onto the surface below. One colour is printed at a time, meaning several screens can be used to reproduce a multicoloured image. Not only is the process quick, but the rudimentary materials involved are also relatively affordable, so the method has became largely associated with subcultures looking to produce posters, flyers and record covers cheaply and quickly.