The blog about the ongoing influence of Andy Warhol's philosophy in the 21 st century. From art to instant fame, sex, beauty, celebrity gossip obsession, business or fitness why we live in a Warholian world more than ever.
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Sunday, October 17, 2010
THE JEWISH ART OF RECOGNIZING FUTUR MAJORS ARTIST: THE WARHOL CASE
Nothing exemplifies better the jewish art of recognizing futur artistic talent early on than the Warhol case. Irving Blum organizing the Soup Cans exhibition at the Ferus Gallery in 1962, already feeling he was in presence of something really special. Ivan Karp telling Warhol to stop trying to imitate abstract expressionism by not doing any dripping on his daily object paintings, then another jewish guy, Henry Geldzahler giving him the inspiration for the Death & Disasters serie.
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