But I love Andy Warhol. I was at Tate Modern at while back and I came out thinking to myself, "there were two great 20th century artists- Picasso and Andy."
Picasso summed up everything that had gone before and put a stop to it. After Picasso art was dead.
And then along came Andy.
I used to think he'd prove ephemeral (15 minutes of fame and all that) but 40 years on the work is still fresh, still moving. The energies of the century flow through him and almost everything that's been good in art since comes out of him.
He's the man. He's the one to beat. And I don't think we've got beyond him yet.
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Date: 2004-05-31 06:34 am (UTC)Picasso summed up everything that had gone before and put a stop to it. After Picasso art was dead.
And then along came Andy.
I used to think he'd prove ephemeral (15 minutes of fame and all that) but 40 years on the work is still fresh, still moving. The energies of the century flow through him and almost everything that's been good in art since comes out of him.
He's the man. He's the one to beat. And I don't think we've got beyond him yet.