Thursday, December 10, 2009

WHAT FEW PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO SEE

Warhol's paintings are emotional, nuanced, and painterly. His literary - rather than straightforwardly self-revealing - voice, in his books is one of the most memorable of the American century. Art that was really made in his image would be stark, reportorial and have a subtle conscience. But who is going to try to imitate the real Andy Warhol? It would be as hard as emulating Picasso. On the surface Warhol's art seems to deny uniqueness, but look at any one of his works and you will encounter a singular, hand-made, human object. Even his Brillo Boxes are hand painted, with slips and mistakes. Our failure to see the uniqueness of Warhol is part of our culture's frightening loss of sensitivity to real art and life - a loss that Warhol saw coming, and mourned.

Jonathan Jones
The Guardian
May 3 2007

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