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here's homie doing the paintings

Now I don't know...part of me wants to hate on him due to the simplicity and overall blatant rip-off that he is doing. Some might argue that pop art was all about that but the thing that made pop art so significant was that they were the first doing what they did. They took everyday culture and items and turned it against itself and almost made America buy into the shit that they are trying to sell us. For those that hate on pop art, there was a statement made at least. This....is just pure aesthetics. I mean it looks pretty neat and everything DOES look better when blown up but there's just not that much to it though. That said, I'd rather just take an old Jack Kirby cover and blow it up as is, no reproduction or anything unless it was vector and hang THAT up on my wall.

I don't know, me personally i'm a huge fan of Lichtenstein and Warhol but like i said before, they were groundbreaking. Most people don't even understand the concept of post-modernism and pop art basically hit em in the face with it. Granted it got to the head of some artists and their message was lost due to the amounts of money they profited and the substance of their work, but as a whole, the pop art movement did in fact have something to say and is significant for a reason. And I'm always down to argue my point.

Anyway, seeing this today (thanks Hypbeast) got me thinking and this is a blog about art and comics so...

discuss!

BTW check out this March 4, 1984 TIME magazine cover with Michael Jackson done by Andy Warhol:

Dave White's website
His gallery (now showing) in Miami, called: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
More pics and interview HERE





Michael Jackson sez PEACE!

- Mark