Material hieratic; national portrait AndyWarhol

We know or can know Andy Warhol(1928-1987) a contemporary artist that has interpreted the American tradition with an originality and I think borrowing from Italian art, where is come much times among 1975-1987; I think that he has took the ideal hieratism of painter of Italy during centuries; it is possible that he has consecrated the daily use of normal objects as saints, as in Italian art, instead the worship of a saint of Christ of Virgin, the public can worship the can of tomatoes or a actor or actress of cinema, hence the Marilyn Monroe is perfect(Fig.1), as Elvis Presley(Figs.2-3), and Warhol used the silkscreen, a consecration of human star, thereupon the holy images now, in American society, are the stars, sanctification of human gender, that hasn’t Renaissance conception, but alone a portrait of American people, that has scant history and therefore scant tradition, hence could project yourself alone toward the future, because the tradition certainly is motive of pride but is always also a weight; the desacralization of saint, and the national habit that is presented to the public as sacred object; it is certainly not polemical nature, but alone a portrait of American society that is accustomed to common object, thereupon it is the consecrated image of a society that has traditional conception of use; Warhol has consecrated the common use of materials, as the cloths(Fig.4); and the love for Naples, Italy, shown to an eruption of Vesuvius, in 79 a. Ch.(Fig.5), that was a tragic event causing the 10 thousand died, but Warhol has took suggest, certainly during one visit in Naples, for painter the personal eruption(Fig.2), that is dress down for colors that bring happiness, it is evidently is the wit of Warhol, that after the consecration of material object, he has dressed down the dramatic event; therefore also this episode is tragic we can join about and celebrate as an common object; it is impossible! It is the comment; but the Vesuvius is always there, and we consider it as a common object whereby we can took and interpreted it as motive both tragic historical but also an object that we can look with other wit; as the cans of tomatoes(Fig.6), that are common object that can be consecrated, because in evolved society the can is used and thrown, Warhol consecrated this object because it is in a society daily use, thereby he given importance to common objects, that as stars or other we can consider as an artistic object, without worship but with consideration that it merits. It is the celebration of consumerism, a portrait today of much societies.

Alessandro Lusana               

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