Andy Warhol

[miSsy_chriSsy]

So, I went to the Art Gallery yesterday to see the Andy Warhol display. Wow. That man was a nut. In a good way. Everything was there, from his simple sketches to his huge works of repetitive neon screenprints. The whole display shows how Andy lead the introduction to the whole Post Modern movement. Every sketch breaks so many boundaries of the 1950's, there's a whole room dedicated to him poking fun at the Cold War. It's great! and so inspiring! It's really worth checking out.

The Andy Warhol display runs until September 8th. I showed my student card and got in for 8 dollars. It takes about an hour to walk through it all, and it's a warm dry place to hang out and get out of the rain.

Yay for Po-mo! :)

[bebu*funfun]

from what i remember thursday nights to get in the VAG its by donation. im a HUGE andy warhol pop art fan and surprisingly i still haven't checked out this show yet. maybe ill go tomorrow, like you said nice place to go to get out of the rain.

[miss.myra]

I wanna go next thursday, I haven't been yet...I'm kicking myself..and I will kick myself if I miss this.

[Kelster]

i went a couple weeks ago. it's pretty cool.

i also liked the from baja to vancouver exhibit upstairs, but i think that's over.

[Discord]

I was invited to go, i'm not sure when tho... i'm excited to see it.

[cheebus420]

If you like cans of soup ...

[miss.myra]

Originally Posted by cheebus420

If you like cans of soup ...

it's not the cans of soup that are amazing

it is the artist that gets the idea to create something that IS art consisting of all these campbell's soup cans

and it is the era of time that those soup cans represent- mass production, prosperous, wasteful America.

It's something you definitely have to see to put it all in perspective though, I guess.

[*JFast*]

You can tell alot about a person by their drawings or paintings. Maybe their past experiences or things they are going through, good or bad.

[miSsy_chriSsy]

Originally Posted by miss.myra

it's not the cans of soup that are amazing

it is the artist that gets the idea to create something that IS art consisting of all these campbell's soup cans

and it is the era of time that those soup cans represent- mass production, prosperous, wasteful America.

It's something you definitely have to see to put it all in perspective though, I guess.

So so so true.
I love the sarcasm used in his works, for example, painting Mao flourescent pink. That's just hilarious. I guess using humor was a good tactic for showing his work in the early 1950's-1960's. People weren't as open to that kind of humor as we are today, I guess it lightened everyone up a little.

[QuanNeur]

more than anything, warhol was an expert colourist.. his portraits would be lame save for the colours and really his best works in my mind are the camoflage prints. anyone know if those are part of the exhibit?

[miSsy_chriSsy]

yah! It was all displayed on a huge wall :)

[mapleleaf4ever]

I've seen some Warhol and it looked pretty cool... this is one thing I'm tempted to actually go and check out. I've never been to the V.A.G. before.

[QuanNeur]

well fuck, then. I'm there...

[yoko*]

I went with my mom (as we always usually go to new shows together).. It was alright, but I was more impressed by the exhibit upstairs.. that contemporary arts floor.

[harmeet_05]

wow.....art

[sidekick]

yeah i wanna hit this up next thursday.

myra, you interested?

[miss.myra]

Originally Posted by Sidekick

yeah i wanna hit this up next thursday.

myra, you interested?

Absolutely.