Gary Hume.The greatest pleasure of Pop art is its cleanness and clarity. Visually, it's like putting cold water on your face. You don't have to see the artist's angst angst 1 n. A feeling of anxiety or apprehension often accompanied by depression. angst 2 abbr. angstrom , and if you think about how Pop knocked Abstract Expressionism abstract expressionism, movement of abstract painting that emerged in New York City during the mid-1940s and attained singular prominence in American art in the following decade; also called action painting and the New York school. off its perch, it did it without dirtying its hands--which was a lovely thing after all that grime. It's so eloquent in its shorthand shorthand, any brief, rapid system of writing that may be used in transcribing, or recording, the spoken word. Such systems, many having characters based on the letters of the alphabet, were used in ancient times; the shorthand of Tiro, Cicero's amanuensis, was used for complexity. You realize that these are new icons for our generation; they're like saints, and they're all things you can buy. And then you think: These are actually part of the Christian methodology of artmaking. They start to become that because of consumerism consumerism Movement or policies aimed at regulating the products, services, methods, and standards of manufacturers, sellers, and advertisers in the interests of the buyer. becoming such a godhead. It's no surprise that Warhol was Catholic.--AS TOLD TO MARTIN HERBERT [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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