andrew warhola

deeply superficial

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:46:31 GMT

This is not a critique of Andy Warhol.

Naturally most people scorn at the fashion industry, and may be rightly so, but probably without thinking deeply within themselves as to why they look down upon it. For me, it's because I feel that the fashion industry is very much authoritarian. Right at the top you have the magazine editors, who decide what kind of couture (clothes) will fill up the pages of the magazine. Then over the coming months, the designs filter onto the high street, usually taking the form of couture which range in prices from relatively cheap to obscenely expensive.

Now trying to understand this, and my obscure analogy with an authoritarian regime, what the fashion industry is essentially doing is telling us and coercing us into wearing the kind of clothes it's promoting and advertising. This kind of fashion isn't an art form, nor does it come anywhere close to it, and probably the only people who can be classed as artists are the coutures (fashion designers), who are also responsible, but only a few them, as it is their clothes that have decided the direction of the market over the years.

Personally, I think what we wear should essentially be a representation or a form of expression as to how we feel inside, so to make fashion less superficial and provide more meaning into the character of a person. I guess you could argue that, anything a person wears is a representation of the inner self because it's the inner self that decides what to wear in the first place. But even though a person chooses what they wear, clothes are usually chosen because either they 'look good', or because they're 'in fashion' - so everyone ends up blending in with everyone else—which is false because everyone's different.

There's nothing wrong with wearing clothes which 'look good', it's just that no-one would wear clothes just to 'look good' if it wasn't emphasized so much by the whole fashion industry and then inevitably the media industry. In essence, the fashion industry has over the years created the notion of wearing clothes to look good, and so resulting in the state we are in today, where the word beauty literally means 'how good you look' which also results in our fallibility to define beauty as conventionally aesthetically pleasing people.

The alternative; if there were no fashion shows setting the trends, and no fashion magazines telling us what to wear, then the clothes at the high street shops would be pretty generic, and so it would stimulate peoples fantastic sense of creativity to modify their own clothes for their own suitability. And so people would be genuine individuals, wearing beautiful clothes, and in the truest sense of the word, everyone would be beautiful.

As for the coutures (fashion designers), I don't think the problem of the fashion industry lies with them, because they're there the ones creating the clothes in the very first place; and to illustrate the point of the monopoly of the fashion industry, whichever designers' concepts are taken up by the high street fashion labels, the designers' who's concepts aren't taken up are in essence rejected, and so diversity is essentially inhibited.

Warhol and the Beats

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:27:31 GMT

I'm finding that there seems to be some kind of a similarity between the Beat Generation and Warhol. Both were somewhat alike in the sense that they had a different 'outlook on life' compared to the norm. They bought a different enthusiasm which society couldn't and wouldn't handle. Being so much within 'society' means that true expression and the chance to develop your own take on life never takes place. 'Society' forces everyone to adhere to everybody else, to be 'normal', and then claims this as 'freedom' and tells us of 'diversity' which exists in our society. The Beat Genration and Warhol existed quite seperate from society; allowing them to develop and nurture ideas and live in 'harmony'—in the sense that they could hold their own perspectives and ideas without the ideals and niceties of life being forced onto them by 'society'. You would say that the Beat Generation existed within the framework of society—a lot of what they did was together and within the boundaries of the 'norms' set by 'society'. But when explored, you discover they didn't. They partied and socialised not primarily for partying's sake, but to share and explore ideas, and look for new experiences by being with other people. Because they were very much aware of the aforementioned things, their whole intention was different, they were very much outside of 'society'. I guess this is also true in Warhol's case. You see, I don't think that the other people within Warhol's group had the same outlook or even the same ideas as Warhol himself, and I also think that the people around Warhol probably garnered an idea about him and what he was and what he was doing, but I somehow think they didn't really know him. Warhol somehow seems that he was very much his own, and no-one really understood him, and so he played along to peoples perceptions of whatever they thought of him.

Warhol

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:32:31 GMT

I really want to hate him, but I can't. I've seen videos of him, and interviews, and I really want to hate him, but I can't. I have a burning desire to hate him, I really do, but i can't. From what I see, I think he's marvellous. He somehow represents a lot of the 'superficiality' surrounding the modern era, but with him, this superficiality isn't really superficiality, it's some sort of deepness and depth. Yet when a lot of people emulate, idolize or even show deep admiration for him, more often than not, it's superficiality. I think the only way to (truly) understand him and his work is not to show any kind of affection and admiration for him and his work, and to view them with a sceptical eye, as to understand the 'Warhol' behind the work.

Does anyone know... ?

Thu, 29 May 2008 01:50:03 GMT

Does anyone know where I might be able to find these watches, from 15minutesof.com, for maybe a cheaper price? Or, if you know where I can find watches that are similar.

Which filmic Warhol do you prefer?

Sat, 03 May 2008 18:38:37 GMT

A simple poll: which filmic Warhol do you prefer?

I opted not to include Bowie-Warhol for the obvious reason that it would have made the poll practically superfluous.

View Poll: All my Warhols

Original posting here.

I just..

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:22:32 GMT

I just bought this amazing book from this record/book store.
It is an original copy of "a" by Andy Warhol.
ORIGINAL!!
One of three books written by Warhol?
copy right 1968 by Andy Warhol.
First Printing
Many copies of "a" have been made in the past decade.
I just wonder how much does this worth? I got it for 12.50 from the owner.
It doesn't have a price printed on the book.

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:32:03 GMT

i went to pittsburgh this weekend and visited the museum, have lovely pictures and info if anyone is interested. comment and ill hit it up :)

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:35:38 GMT

Ten Warhol icons

HERE @ fluorescentt

Heya guys xx

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 22:55:47 GMT

I have this poster at home, just wondered does anyone else? lol, I think its fantastic, my fave of his work lately ^^

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:34:29 GMT

366 days of andy warhol!!

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:32:33 GMT

I just thought members of the community would appreciate this.

For the official Andy Warhol admirer...

teNeues ANDY WARHOL 2008 PLANNER
The planner contains 26 of Andy Warhol's finest masterpieces.

more pictures and item descriptions on http://rainbowsuicides.livejournal.com/3011.html#cutid1

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 06:25:24 GMT

Does anyone happen to have a larger image of this picture of Andy?

New icons!

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 05:38:11 GMT

Teasers:

(4) Andy Warhol
(1) George Harrison
(2) John Lennon
(3) The Monkees
(6) Paul McCartney
(1) Paul McCartney lyrics
(2) Ringo Starr
(7) Sean Lennon
(7) Sean Lennon lyrics

!!RULES!!
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+ Comment and let me know which one(s) you are taking
+ Do not claim my icons as your own.

(Ye olde fake cut to icons)

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Warhol card

Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:58:17 GMT

I defy you to tell me you've ever seen a cooler greeting card than this:

"Factory Girl" recap

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:43:43 GMT

Please feel free to check out my humorous recap of the freakishly awful Warhol/Sedgwick flick Factory Girl over at the Agony Booth.

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 12:52:05 GMT

ANDY WARHOL. PORTRAITS. Edited by Tony Shafrazi [2007]
Цена: 1280 руб.

Цена Amazon.co.uk: J34 (~ 1700 руб.) со стандартной доставкой. Но книга весит почти 2, 5 кг, поэтому сумма у Амазона, скорее всего,будет выше.

Формат: 30 х 26 х 4 см.
Объем: 304 стр.
Книга в супер-обложке.
Состояние: При транспортировке на супер-обложке образовался малозаметный сантиметровый надрыв рядом с корешком. В остальном книга в идеальном состоянии, следов чтения нет (новая).

Представлены работы участвовавшие в выставке 2005 г. в галерее редактора (Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, 2005) и почти равное количество портретов не попавших в 2005м на стены галереи. Исчерпывающая коллекция, великолепная полиграфия.

Книга находится в Санкт-Петербурге. Забрать можно в районе ст.м. Сенная Площадь/ Садовая.

tattoo.

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 02:46:59 GMT

from the book 365 takes, there should be the piece called "so" on page 121. does anyone have a visual of this (even a scan) they could share? i'd like to get it tattooed, but i can't find the image online and do not actually own the book.

any help would be greatly appreciated.

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 12:03:32 GMT

icons
[42] Edie Sedgwick
[04] Andy Warhol's Marilyn prints
[66] Andy Warhol

wallpapers
[09] Edie Sedgwick

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[13] Edie Sedgwick
[01] Andy Warhol

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