Probably the best pure artwork I've ever seen of Warhols. I was not aware of these phases of his work and had never really loved his popular stuff. You can absolutely see the passion in these pieces of an artist trying to produce the vision in his mind that really tapped into his true emotion. Fantastic piece my friend!
Reminds me of my first intro to porn in my 8th grade bathroom in 1955. I agree with Rusty. It’s a nothing burger. Same with Picasso’s erotica. There is much better out there.
Hey Rusty, thanks for reading. I appreciate your insight & contribution to the discussion. I totally understand your feeling - I have had a love/hate relationship with Warhol’s work for so long & it wasn’t until recently that I decided that I finally understood him & his work to whatever extent a viewer can understand an artist they’ll never know. I agree with you that so much of Warhol’s work is accepted as art just because of his name. I even agree that none of the drawings, paintings, screen prints, etc. that I included in this post are even that remarkable in terms of visual appeal or artistry. I guess what I found moving about the work is that there was a through-line of expressing his queer experience before he was famous, coming from a poor impoverished immigrant family living in the industrial American context of 1940s Pittsburgh. I think for Warhol to revisit that work after the development of his fame, & to make a statement of queer identity within his context in the art world is powerful to me & shows personal depth beyond the interest of iconography, Americana, capitalism, or some of the other themes Warhol explored in his more famous work. If you do ever want to revisit Warhol for any reason, I did really enjoy the Andy Warhol Diaries series on Netflix that explores a more personal side of him that may interest you. Or not - I think a lot of folks will never be able to get over his late career caricature of himself that he became or his (perhaps negative) influence on the art world that followed behind.
Warhol was such an explorer, using all kinds of media, I'm glad to rediscover him through your post.
I would never have discovered this interesting work of Andy´s on my own, thanks!
Neither would I good point !! Thank you too
Loved this
Wow, what a great insight, thanks
The images / artwork shows how to explore and explain information to others. Thanks for the read. Enjoy the day.
Probably the best pure artwork I've ever seen of Warhols. I was not aware of these phases of his work and had never really loved his popular stuff. You can absolutely see the passion in these pieces of an artist trying to produce the vision in his mind that really tapped into his true emotion. Fantastic piece my friend!
Reminds me of my first intro to porn in my 8th grade bathroom in 1955. I agree with Rusty. It’s a nothing burger. Same with Picasso’s erotica. There is much better out there.
I'm just waiting for my man
Andy was always such an innovator! I love all of his work and this is no exception.
This very cool.
Hey Rusty, thanks for reading. I appreciate your insight & contribution to the discussion. I totally understand your feeling - I have had a love/hate relationship with Warhol’s work for so long & it wasn’t until recently that I decided that I finally understood him & his work to whatever extent a viewer can understand an artist they’ll never know. I agree with you that so much of Warhol’s work is accepted as art just because of his name. I even agree that none of the drawings, paintings, screen prints, etc. that I included in this post are even that remarkable in terms of visual appeal or artistry. I guess what I found moving about the work is that there was a through-line of expressing his queer experience before he was famous, coming from a poor impoverished immigrant family living in the industrial American context of 1940s Pittsburgh. I think for Warhol to revisit that work after the development of his fame, & to make a statement of queer identity within his context in the art world is powerful to me & shows personal depth beyond the interest of iconography, Americana, capitalism, or some of the other themes Warhol explored in his more famous work. If you do ever want to revisit Warhol for any reason, I did really enjoy the Andy Warhol Diaries series on Netflix that explores a more personal side of him that may interest you. Or not - I think a lot of folks will never be able to get over his late career caricature of himself that he became or his (perhaps negative) influence on the art world that followed behind.