Monday 10 January 2011

Andy warhol

Warhol's silkscreen Monroe prints are another example of appropriation. The original image is a publicity shot from the 1953 film Nigeria.


These prints undermined the authenticity of the original portrait and allows the image to be reproducible. Warhol had an obsession with morbid concepts and cult celebrities. I am interested in exploring the fate of these cult celebrities if they had the chance to burn out like the celebrities with no controversial story.

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