Really? I lost my taste for him in college...he was such a super asshole. It’s all about attitude-I mean,I guess if you just look at the art and don't know anything about him then the art, in and of itself, could be considered beautiful - but then you find out about him, and it's hard to still like his art - because then I can see the taunting fuck you message he is sending off - if he had had an attitude of care about the images instead of being a total vampire- he basically sucked the life out of things and then spat them back out as a poloroid.
he funded a lot of very sick people getting hooked on dope for 15 min of fame in the factory- he fed on weak people’s weaknesses- he did not uplift them - but instead he added more sickness to sickness- and surely he didn't know any better - but Andy Warhol is like the iconic human version of what Facebook is now - YUCK. He had no aspirations to uplift or grow or be better, instead he reveled in sickness and made more of it...
yes the art has a certain beauty but the multiple nature of it is what makes me cringe...I was taught in art school to see beauty in everything including common artifacts of society- like a toaster or a watering can or a fork knife spoon - even a Campbells soup can- but he took it that one step further and debaced the image- and the did the same with humans-
what did he contribute to society? It’s like Madonna-who took the last vestiges of goodness and sexed it up- laying the groundwork for all that we have now... they both took the dregs and made them into fake diamonds...I just detest Andy Warhol so much that it’s impossible for me to really enjoy his work...
I disagree and agree at the same time which is optimal
Do you mind if I use some of this conversation for an intro to a post about Andy Warhol?
Basically I think most popular culture is manipulated to some extent by the Tavistock institute or programs like MK Ultra.
(My spell checker has just come back!)
But having said that, most of my favourite music, movies, and art, are part of that social programming. So I can't dismiss it all because the intentions behind it may have been bad, because it's my inspiration. I think the internet was set up by the CIA for evil intent but I use it every day..
Andy Warhol seems to me to have been a very original thinker with some fairly severe personality disorders.
I think he was an "Asset" (a creator manipulated and used by agencies) rather than another talentless puppet put in place by the agencies and lifted to popularity (like all modern pop stars) or a shill (like Alex Jones)
So I see his art as being original and it resonates with me - sometimes I do a picture and only afterwards realise his influence - like this one:
yes please go ahead - use it - i lived in NYC in the 80s so was directly dealing with his shit corruption of the artworld which is why I detest him but he probably was mk ultra - plus edie sedgwick - i get her plight. https://www.justinlove.com/ this guy reminds me a lot of andy warhol on a smaller scale and I detest him just as much - he corrupted art in Woodstock in the 90s when I lived there. perhaps I am just jealous of these dudes. and truly there is light and dark in everything -
Justin Love is really overrated isn't he - well to put it bluntly his art is crap :) I think Andy Warhol was way better, and he was doing it all 50 years ago when it was a new style of art.
So many are, but I guess all we can do is look at his art..
I suspect that he's one of my main inspirations
Really? I lost my taste for him in college...he was such a super asshole. It’s all about attitude-I mean,I guess if you just look at the art and don't know anything about him then the art, in and of itself, could be considered beautiful - but then you find out about him, and it's hard to still like his art - because then I can see the taunting fuck you message he is sending off - if he had had an attitude of care about the images instead of being a total vampire- he basically sucked the life out of things and then spat them back out as a poloroid.
he funded a lot of very sick people getting hooked on dope for 15 min of fame in the factory- he fed on weak people’s weaknesses- he did not uplift them - but instead he added more sickness to sickness- and surely he didn't know any better - but Andy Warhol is like the iconic human version of what Facebook is now - YUCK. He had no aspirations to uplift or grow or be better, instead he reveled in sickness and made more of it...
yes the art has a certain beauty but the multiple nature of it is what makes me cringe...I was taught in art school to see beauty in everything including common artifacts of society- like a toaster or a watering can or a fork knife spoon - even a Campbells soup can- but he took it that one step further and debaced the image- and the did the same with humans-
what did he contribute to society? It’s like Madonna-who took the last vestiges of goodness and sexed it up- laying the groundwork for all that we have now... they both took the dregs and made them into fake diamonds...I just detest Andy Warhol so much that it’s impossible for me to really enjoy his work...
Wow you are giving me a lot to think about today!
I disagree and agree at the same time which is optimal
Do you mind if I use some of this conversation for an intro to a post about Andy Warhol?
Basically I think most popular culture is manipulated to some extent by the Tavistock institute or programs like MK Ultra.
(My spell checker has just come back!)
But having said that, most of my favourite music, movies, and art, are part of that social programming. So I can't dismiss it all because the intentions behind it may have been bad, because it's my inspiration. I think the internet was set up by the CIA for evil intent but I use it every day..
Andy Warhol seems to me to have been a very original thinker with some fairly severe personality disorders.
I think he was an "Asset" (a creator manipulated and used by agencies) rather than another talentless puppet put in place by the agencies and lifted to popularity (like all modern pop stars) or a shill (like Alex Jones)
So I see his art as being original and it resonates with me - sometimes I do a picture and only afterwards realise his influence - like this one:
yes please go ahead - use it - i lived in NYC in the 80s so was directly dealing with his shit corruption of the artworld which is why I detest him but he probably was mk ultra - plus edie sedgwick - i get her plight. https://www.justinlove.com/ this guy reminds me a lot of andy warhol on a smaller scale and I detest him just as much - he corrupted art in Woodstock in the 90s when I lived there. perhaps I am just jealous of these dudes. and truly there is light and dark in everything -
It's posted - a big copy and post blog so I did it on my sift666 account
https://peakd.com/art/@sift666/art-is-what-you-can-get-away-with
Justin Love is really overrated isn't he - well to put it bluntly his art is crap :) I think Andy Warhol was way better, and he was doing it all 50 years ago when it was a new style of art.
This is just INSIPID...
yes but he took over woodstock, nY the way andy warhol took over nyc