Andy? What is the beauty of Warhol's works?

To talk about the beauty of andy warhol's works, we must talk about the spirit of pop art and his "past life" in the history of art.

In an interview recently, Jiang Wen said this:

If you are a person who likes to use movies as a tool to express his worldview, then you really don't need to learn movies. Movies are just a tool, that is to say, movies are not learned from movies, but your views on life, people, history and even the future of mankind. You express yourself through movies. There is not much to study about the so-called technology and language of movies.

The art of painting is also interlinked. In fact, the art of andy warhol era has reached the stage that Jiang Wen said: the traditional painting language has been studied almost thoroughly, and the ideological trend of abstract expressionism has changed several times. Under the extremely simple picture elements, "skill" becomes more and more useless, and the quality of art becomes more and more elusive in the eyes of the public.

Compared with the decline of "skills", "being different" has become the new standard. Any successful artist must have his own uniqueness. However, due to the unprecedented prosperity of the art market after World War II, the emphasis on this "originality" has gradually become a commercial motive for quick success and instant benefit. Both galleries and collectors want to invest in "different" artists, and this investment will greatly appreciate when he is recognized by the society. Because "being different" can always get sponsorship easily, it also urges artists to pursue new trends more eagerly, and this vanity fair effect will inevitably impact the careful consideration of the true meaning of art. Avant-garde art, which was once excluded by conservative art and constantly fought for its own survival, has undergone a qualitative change.

So how can we be different? Deliberately opposing the previous art is a common way, but abstract expressionism almost combines the two extremes of modern painting promoted by cubism and surrealism. The avant-garde artists are obviously not satisfied with supplementing these two extremes, so a new question arises: If there is no originality in painting, can art "surpass painting"?

This is a challenge to the painting itself. Generally speaking, they begin to suspect that the goal of painters/sculptors is to create masterpieces-the idea that masterpieces can be displayed in art galleries and other places for people to enjoy. From the early Renaissance to mondriaan, no one doubted this. However, abstract expressionism's unconscious and unfounded worship of painters and the reckless support of art dealers are causing more and more discussions. Out of dissatisfaction with the elite thought of artist's abstract expressionism and the concept of masterpiece itself, and the internal spur of "pursuing originality", pop art has stepped onto the historical stage.

This is the "past life" of pop art.

"Popular" is popular and popular. Interestingly, although this movement first appeared in Britain, it received a warm response from American society which lacked the traditional cultural foundation. Its spiritual essence-anti-abstract mystery and obscurity, as well as its condescending attitude towards the public, all show the most common visual images in daily life, and these images basically give up the problem of "painting" in the way of creation. Brush, pigment and even painting language are no longer the only important expression tools of pop art. Hamilton in Britain created a simple way of painting, directly cutting photos and sorting out the characters in the picture. Although cubist painters have tried to paste paper and cloth on the picture before, their original intention is to find a new sense of picture form through collage.