How Andy Warhol Changed the Cultural Scene

An analysis of Andy Warhol's postmodern art and public persona, exploring his impact on American culture and his ascent from commercial art to the realm of high art.
00:00 Introduction
01:08: Warhol's turn against Expressionism: the beginning of his art
05:58: The annihilation of the Origin: Shadows, Double Mickey Mouse, Campbell Soup Cans, Green Coca Cola Bottles, Marilyn Diptych
10:02: The decline of the aura: 30 Are Better than One, Gold Marilyn
15:24: Celebrity culture and the obsession with pop idols
16:31: Warhol's thoughts on the idea of business art
17:22: Warhol's thoughts on Coca-Cola and consumerism
18:09: Conclusion
Bibliography:
Jean Baudrillard, Simulacra and Simulation
Zygmunt Bauman, Liquid Modernity
Walter Benjamin, The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility
Arthur C. Danto, Andy Warhol
David Hopkins, Dada and Surrealism: A very short introduction
Gary Indiana, Andy Warhol and the can that sold the world
Eric Shanes, Andy Warhol
Victor Ieronim Stoichiță, A short history of the shadow
Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
The title 'The Triumph of the Simulacrum' references a chapter from Victor Stoichiță's book.

[@wowie-ree131]

Great video, very interesting watch. I have only ever heard of Andy Warhol but never seen or heard him speak before. I like your pacing as well, keep it up.

[@DecodingImage]

Thank you! :)

[@leststoner]

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[@LANCSKID]

Of course, this whole concept concerns itself very much with the zeitgeist in relation to the core creative values that can only really be expressed by means of a teleological insight and realisation of the commencement, interim and finality of the work such as it is. The leitmotif is all or nothing here … the poignancy, the existential angst rising and sinking and then rising to the surface once again as at the very least a sign of the ultimate desire and expression sought. Finally one comes to realise that it is possible to talk a load of pretentious old bollocks especially on ‘social’ media platforms.

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Are you ok?