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Warhol vs. art

April 2, 2008 - 5:42 am - by Roger Kimball
anonymous
2008-04-07 06:22:15

Great, Conservatives have already lost the Black cause to the Liberals, thanks to arguments like these, we are going to offer them on a silver tray the entire country, America, her biggest lover and defender, Andy Warhol, and an entire artistic movement, universally known and recognized as POP ART. A unique American phenomenon in ART and human history. The essence of America and all that’s good about her values. POP culture at its best. America, Joy, Beauty, Industry, Freedom and Capitalism in its best expression.

I thought the Right were the one who undestood best the benefits and the power of America’s economic system.

One thing is sure, Andy Warhol didn’t miss America’s magic and uniqueness. He saw beauty in a bottle of Coca-Cola, a US Dollar bill, a soup can, …. Not only from a pure esthetic and formal point of view but also for all the things they represent and convey: The American Dream. Affordable and easily accessible symbols of that dream, accessible to any citizen of the world, symbols of Liberty, of Freedom and Revolution, made in America. A reminder of that same dream.

Besides, you can’t ignore his superior taste. Watch his choices of colors. I could talk for hours about this topic. But my English isn’t very good and I don’t want to give away all my precious thoughts for free.

If Warhol was alive, maybe the world would be less openly so anti-American. Or anyway at least the American Left would be more shy about their 19th century Marxist views. So shockingly anti-American. Such bores…

America lost Ronald Reagan and Andy Warhol around the same years. The end of an era.

Real ART hides Universal Truths. Warhol’s art is the epitome of America’s essence and values. The essence of Capitalism. The cure (according to me) to all the problems of this fucked up world.

Now nobody ever said you can’t also appreciate the Masters of past centuries. Museums are packed with them. That’s where they belong. Accessible to all. Plus we are not always in the mood for Bach neither. People go thru different phases in their life but some things never change and are always univeral. POP ART is one of them.