Conclusion - either I can't truly enjoy art - or Andy Warhol sucks

[HEyHEY]

One of the two.

[Fenris]

1. A

[HEyHEY]

2. haha

[NightTrain]

3. No, you can truly enjoy art. Warhol sucked.

In fact, he all but admitted it!

[Melodybe]

4. I agree, atleast what Warhol lacked in talent, he made up in personality

[CanuckAmok]

5. You mean Andy "The Emperor's New Movement" Warhol?

Yeah, he sucked, alright.

You're okay.

[HEyHEY]

6. Thank god it was only donation night

I gave $5 usually it's like $12

[Debs]

7. Warhol

Why are these two things mutually exclusive?

[HEyHEY]

8. On account of all the Warhol hub-bub

I dug the stuff upstairs way more

[NuttyFluffers]

9. but, but... NICO!?!? what about NICO?

:D

[JSJ]

10. andy was alright...

...he did a lot of things first. He was also a good draftsman and painter in his own right. Plus, he took a bullet and lived to tell the tale. Also, he gave more than a few writers and artists their first breaks- Basquiat to name one. And, he was a political progressive. And... and... andy...

[ChoralScholar]

11. I really try to look for deep meanings in Warhol

but I just can't find any. (i.e. a stack of Campbell's Soup Cans as a microcosm of life in the...... oh nevermind...)

[aquart]

12. If you can't, you can't.

Did everyone love Michaelangelo?

[JSJ]

13. commentary on crass consumerism, or...

... a continuum of the 'found art'school of art. In either event, he helped found pop art and inspired people like Lichtenstein, Rosenquist, Raushenberg, and Johns- while other movements like 'fluxus', 'happenings' and 'installation art' gained much of their nerve from Andy's influence. He'll go down as a mover and shaker in high as well as commercial art.

[lastknowngood]

14. Perhaps it's both

n/t

[Divernan]

15. He destroyed his artistic talent with unfettered indulgence in sex/drugs

I've seen a few early pen and ink drawings by Warhol that actually looked like Michelangelo/Renaissance art. He might have been a great artist but instead went the hedonistic, self-indulgent, personal exhibitionist route. Reminds me of some Cole Porter lyrics as performed by Elvis Costello in a great new film, "De Lovely":

"There's something wild
about you child
That's so contagious
Let's get outrageous
Let's misbehave!"

[ashling]

16. The two aren't mutually exclusive

:evilgrin: