Interesting OBEY Viewpoint
Interesting OBEY Viewpoint
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- harlequino0
Yes, t_rock, but I don' think this is a simple "well that guy does it so why can't I" type of situation. As ukit alludes, there is a certain richness and feeling of being tapped into a zeitgeist with people like Warhol and Lichtenstein, that doesn't seem to happen here.
Perhaps and interesting byproduct of this specific issue is an even greater validation of early pop art. In retrospect, if we can point at a peculiar brilliance in Warhol aping soup cans when in the past you might have said "it's a just a damn soup can," perhaps since many of us feel there isn't much to even argue about with this new guy, it reveals an even sublime genius and social commentary in Warhol and Lichtenstein. Just an idea.