warhol's ealier work (with the exception of the self-portraits in the 80s) is his best, but later, esspecially after the velvet underground and movies and such, i think that lichtensteins work in that time is better. i think the movies and such distracted him and he was just plain crazy by that time, but i absolutely adore the earliest pop art prints he did as well as those amazing picture self-portraits. definetely my favorite. i'm not big on the interiors that lichenstein started doing in late 80s, early 90s, but i love just about everything else (well, some of the sculptures are good, but others are just rather bland)
overall i try not to compare the two. i'm a big gerhard richter fan too. i saw a show of his in italy..or maybe in nyc...of all his works from the earliest in the 50s all the way up to present day. it was amazing, from the pop art to the squee paintings and now he's into realism. very talented. yeah, oldenburg too, and jim dine.
yeah, i'm big into pop art, my family travels around to see shows, but not as much as we used to. they know a lot of artists and stuff, like maya lin is a good family friend. so i guess i've just grown up on it, not to mention the countless projects i did. i did a twenty minute presentation on pop art last year.
have you been to the warhol museum? in chicago, i believe?
my favorites are the earliest self portraits, and the war-ish ones he did in the 60s while vietnam was going on. don't get me wrong, i like lichtenstein, i'm just a warhol fanatic. i think i love everything he has ever done. but i love most that in interviews, when someone asked why he painted something or what it meant, he would just say, "i don't know."
there may be one in chicago, but i think i've been to one in pittsburg...or philadelphia? i know i've been to one.
i found how he did his early prints really interesting, by working like a machine, and playing the same "pop" song of hte time over and over and over and over. very interesting man.
i think the movies and such distracted him and he was just plain crazy by that time, but i absolutely adore the earliest pop art prints he did as well as those amazing picture self-portraits. definetely my favorite.
i'm not big on the interiors that lichenstein started doing in late 80s, early 90s, but i love just about everything else (well, some of the sculptures are good, but others are just rather bland)
overall i try not to compare the two. i'm a big gerhard richter fan too. i saw a show of his in italy..or maybe in nyc...of all his works from the earliest in the 50s all the way up to present day. it was amazing, from the pop art to the squee paintings and now he's into realism. very talented.
yeah, oldenburg too, and jim dine.
yeah, i'm big into pop art, my family travels around to see shows, but not as much as we used to. they know a lot of artists and stuff, like maya lin is a good family friend. so i guess i've just grown up on it, not to mention the countless projects i did. i did a twenty minute presentation on pop art last year.
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my favorites are the earliest self portraits, and the war-ish ones he did in the 60s while vietnam was going on. don't get me wrong, i like lichtenstein, i'm just a warhol fanatic. i think i love everything he has ever done. but i love most that in interviews, when someone asked why he painted something or what it meant, he would just say, "i don't know."
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i know i've been to one.
i found how he did his early prints really interesting, by working like a machine, and playing the same "pop" song of hte time over and over and over and over. very interesting man.
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