I’ve always felt that Warhol was engaging me in a conversation about the mundane and the magnificent. Aren’t the most basic forms the most life affirming? Not Chartres, but the cow head or the Brillo box. That’s a narrative about life at its essence, and Warhol wanted to tell me about it, and include a lot of jokes to keep me listening. He’s telling a story alright, but it’s different from the one Michelangelo told me. And as you say, that’s OK.
I’ve always felt that Warhol was engaging me in a conversation about the mundane and the magnificent. Aren’t the most basic forms the most life affirming? Not Chartres, but the cow head or the Brillo box. That’s a narrative about life at its essence, and Warhol wanted to tell me about it, and include a lot of jokes to keep me listening. He’s telling a story alright, but it’s different from the one Michelangelo told me. And as you say, that’s OK.