Status Updates From Andy Warhol, 1928-1987: Com...

“the subjects of warhol’s later works changed incessantly, and it is difficult to see the criteria by which they were selected. This hectic production seemed to have been determined by a subliminal fear that time was running short. Warhol ate up the whole world like a greedy man afraid of life as a result of his hidden fear of death. Everything was beautiful, everything became a picture.”

robert rosenblum called warhol a court painter of the seventies and like that’s sooo true

“warhol managed to capture the desolation of repetition, the destruction of feeling by overexposure and of enjoyment by consumption.”

death becomes another spectacle or “product” for the audience.

the concept of warhol’s works revealing to archaeologists of the future the daily lives of people at the end of the 20th century, the standard of production and perseveration of consumer goods as well as our collective eating and drinking habits influencing conclusions on human behavior as a whole..absolutely fascinating

soo interesting. the victims of the “129 die in jet” dying as culture-seekers who believed pure art originated from europe, while warhol sat in home transforming the “cheap” inferior american culture into real art. how victims of real tragedies become an art object to photographers, so fascinating to read.

we project any number of needs and desires that cannot be fulfilled in real life into the mythical being (the star)
in creation of the 20th century cult of the film star, pop star, etc. the idol appears unreal, an apparition made from light and shade. the cult of the star is not really meant for a human being of flesh and blood—his physical presence merely affords proof that this apparition does indeed exist.

11/14/25 we don’t know when this mf was BORN?? this mf had a DOUBLE??