I’ve revisited Andy Warhol, who celebrated a birthday on the 6th of August, and plan a two day
letterpress print performance with friend Claudio Mandella from 9PT (
14-15 August, 2013 Mondovì, Italy). This is a homage to a fantastic artist--not to be mistaken as an Abstract Expressionist, but the purveyor of Pop Art. Warhol had the cool capacity to make his objects d’art "un-unique". Common sources Warhol used in his works in fact came from reproductions from popular American culture like advertisements, hollywood icons and newspaper clippings.
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Heinz 57 limited ed. letterpress postcards
This was the genius in his work, and his overt answer to the upper-crust art scene of New York who didn’t regard him as one of their own. Screenprinting was used to further his notions of uniqueness in the non-original, for any of his factory workers could re-produce the print, but paradoxically no one print was the same - varying color or intensity. His vehicle was the American quintessential; objects like Campbell’s soup cans or Coca-Cola (which any prince or pauper could consume and it would taste the same, he’d say) became objects to be observed at once more closely.
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Turntable Tuesday:
A look back at Andy Warhol's influence on music | KPBS.org
(listen to more influences on audio by KPBS)
Musicians influenced by Andy Warhol’s The Velvet Underground
Davide Bowie, Siouxsie and The Banshees and Strawberry Switchblade -
"The Velvet Underground and Nico” debut album for The Velvet Underground
album cover by Andy Warhol
