Familiar Stranger Andy Warhol
Two exhibitions opened in Washington, inspired by Warhol's browser Newsweek reflect on the role of the king of pop art in art history
According to Blake Gopnik browser Newsweek (Blake Gopnik), Andy Warhol can still be regarded as the greatest figure of modern art. The journalist, however, has in mind is not the creator of the legendary Warhol- "soup cans Campbell's» and portraits of Marilyn Monroe: that Warhol died in 1987 and has long been listed in the honorable list of the Old Masters Pop Art. It is quite another matter - Warhol, starring as a guest star in a series of the popular American sitcom 70-80's "love boat» («The love boat»), Warhol-author of "urinary" paintings that Warhol, whose story became a tabloid and films life, in contrast to films shot by him, was a set of unexpected plot turns and special effects. And though this Andy Warhol, too, left the physical world in 1987, his continuing influence is still so palpable that it seems that he is still with us.
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Fifty years ago, a young Andy Warhol stopped working magazine illustrator and began to create their own works. This was a turning point for the entire history of art from such a "change of" Andy Warhol during the life firmly took the throne of King of Modern Art, as half a century before him - Pablo Picasso (Pablo Picasso). The only difference is that Picasso shattered traditional notions of how it should look like a work of art, and completely destroyed the Warhol the understanding that it stands for most work.
«In my sense, Warhol [today] is literally omnipresent ... There are a huge number of people who are doing something to him consonant ", - says the curator, and writer Jack Bank (Jack Bankowsky). In 2009, the Bank was involved in organizing the exhibition "Life in the style of Pop» (Pop Life ), where the works of Warhol and supplemented with works by Jeff Koons set off (Jeff Koons), Damien Hirst (Damien Hirst) and its other " Cross Sons' of art. The exhibition Warhol interpreted the appearance of the "Love Boat" as one of the most important of his works. John Bank in its text for the exhibition, wrote that as an artist, Warhol made a "significant step forward in the world, where art in its classical sense no longer exists," in a world where "in a changing, unstable society art is just an element to move up the social ladder, shopping, travel, collectibles - simply put - business ».
This Andy Warhol unwittingly became a model for contemporary artists, of which today only rarely engaged in painting or sculpture: the artist now can be character tabloids and TV shows to work with fashion houses like Louis Vuitton and appear in advertisements of luxury goods, but the price tag on his work is no less profound meaning than, for example, diamond-encrusted skull , to which it is attached. "The trick, done by Warhol, in that he somehow managed to enter the strange way these [above] the concept of a category of art" - believes the bank. "Here in this more important [for us today] Warhol comes close to Warhol, pop art master».
Last weekend in Washington, DC opened two exhibitions of Andy Warhol , which was presented to the public this second, more significant for modern culture, according to Blake Gopnik and Jack Banking, noncanonical Andy Warhol. As for the series "Shadows," presented at one of them, the artist himself, when asked whether the "Shadows" a work of art, noted: "At a party devoted to their show, a disco. I think due to this fact they can be considered design of disco. " Ironic "nebula" of images of Warhol and his unobtrusive references to the works of his contemporaries have long since become part of the creative baggage any self-respecting student of Art College.
art market today as a museum, is trying to cover life Warhol's art and a broader view. Amy Kapelatstso (Amy Cappellazzo), head of postwar and contemporary art Christie's, said that while buyers and are willing to "give the shirt" for an early copy of "Marilyn", in the last five years and is quite happy with their much more recent work a classic. Confirmation of this is an example of a self-portrait of the artist in 1986, which was sold last spring for 27 and a half million dollars < /a>. Amy Kapelatstso, however, recognizes that the cultural influence of such figures as Warhol, is not limited to works that can touch or sell, and that Warhol contributed in important areas that the art market can not reach, having mind, for example, Warhol's work as a director, Warhol and researcher capabilities of the media, celebrity-Warhol life, etc.
highbrow art community wanted at first to disown this Andy Warhol. During his lifetime, Warhol, and Warhol's TV star, author portraits of celebrities might seem to someone who betrayed the ideals of the great and sold the Warhol era of classic works of pop art. "Many people have caused a misunderstanding of this split between Warhol's world of art and fashion parties" - recalls the distinguished curator John Henhert, who knew the artist. Incidentally, he notes the invaluable advantages are not very clear to the public classic film credits: "Movies - a great part of his legacy, they are great" (and with that statement today, many artists would agree).
Critics Warhol was not so wrong in saying that the classic "sold out". Such works of Andy Warhol, as "Shadows", or the same picture of the oxidized urine, or his cameo in "The Love Boat" of course, do not get, like the early works of his, under the definition of unique works of genius. Do not fall, because Warhol at some point deliberately chose the path of creating not unique products with the aim to investigate the nature of the business in a country where, according to Blake Gopnik, the most important task - is to sell more . Warhol "produced" 102 huge canvas with images of mysterious shadows, differing only in colors, partly in order to explore the possibilities of the brand, which was his name, as well as the possibility of mass production of the product under the brand name "Andy Warhol". "I always thought that number - this is the main criterion of quality" - Warhol once said, and this maxim at some point become an ironic slogan of art created by them. So when wealthy collectors are paying big money, which is Rembrandt, for a sin operation cycle of "Shadows", which means that they do not understand the meaning of his works. However, once again proving loyalty of the thought of Warhol, maliciously says columnist Newsweek.
Banking According to John, if we really want to understand what he was talking Warhol through his works, you have to realize that most part of his work on the theme of business and market conditions impact on the arts. "[Jacobs] vulgarized Warhol - is, in fact, is the real Warhol" - concludes the curator, and this conclusion can be equally considered and upbeat, and disappointing.
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