Whether or not you like his stuff, think it's a middle finger to the art world, or generally crap, you simply can't deny Andy Warhol's contribution and affect on contemporary art. He may have destroyed any resemblance to what we thought an artist and art was, but he also opened some pretty gigantic doors that bridged art, design, illustration, and the material world in ways we had never seen before. These days screen prints, cartoons, and found objects are rather commonplace in today's art-society, but just a few decades ago, people were still wondering if abstraction was really good art or just a gimmick, let alone looking at a coke bottle as a fine piece of work.
Well one of his most stunning pieces, an enormous black and red self-portrait made just one year before his death, is going up for auction and is expected to pull in up to 40 mil...jeeeeezy pete's that's a lot of money. Before yall shit your pants with rage, look at the piece. It really is stunning. A deeply introspective and moving self-portrait, almost predicting that something bad was coming. Yes it is a very simple and easy to create piece, but sometimes simplicity is beautiful. The deep red against the black has a very desolate and distant feel. His eyes stare straight at the viewer while his mouth is slightly open, almost as if he is in the act of speaking, trying to tell you something. He looks like someone who has seen the future and is at a loss for what is ahead.
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http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/42677373/ns/today-entertainment/
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