in the form of the readymade, now occupies a place in the void, you look at the size of this dewdrop & remember Andy Warhol, who was the first to begin this session in Tate Britain
Mona Lisa’s crooked smile
on a half-crushed Campbell’s Soup can
Joe Dimaggio reciting his pronouns uneasily
then lowering his batting hand
into a scalding hot cup
of ‘Mr. Coffee’
Where have you gone, Mrs. Robinson?
Where else? to the bathroom
~ Hemorrhoids again
Barney Fife whittling Andy’s image to
sawdust with a rusty pocket-knife
-- contracting tetanus in the process
Andy Warhol grinning madly as the
word ‘culture’ is finally eliminated
from America’s lexicon
~ All hail to pink, plastic flamingoes! ~
Ten Foot flowers* by Andy Warhol
his 'still life period ' on a roll
I am John F. Kennedy as
President.
I am a civil right activist
100 percent.
I am Woodstock rock n
Roll festival.
I am the first man on the moon
Unforgettable.
I am Andy Warhol 15 minutes
Of fame.
I am Martin Luther King shot
Down in flames.
I am President Kennedy gets
Assassinated.
I am the Cuba missile crisis
Activated.
I am Walmart opens it's
Door.
I am we enter Vietnam
War.
I am the Beatles I want to
Hold your hand.
I am discrimination spreads
Through the land.
I am the NFL's first Super
Bowl.
I am Ceasar Chavez reaching
His goal.
I am the Peace Corp
Uncovered.
I am Miranda rights
Discovered.
I am Motown records
With Shop around.
I am the Beach Boys
With a surf sound.
I am at the Apollo with
Marvin Gaye.
I am Del Shannon singing
Runaway.
I am a hit with, Please
Mr. Postman.
I am Sgt Pepper's lonely
Heart club band.
TURBO1904
"Pony"
Taken
Lead
By Whisper,
Bit
(LadyLabyrinth / 2020)
"Old Town Road + Pony Mashup"
Lil Nas X Ginuwine Pomplamoose
(Extended Music Video)
https://youtu.be/OTdSOXUT5lM
"My fascination with letting
images repeat and repeat
- or in film's case 'run on' -
manifests my belief
that we spend much of our lives
seeing without observing."
Andy Warhol
1.
"Lady Godiva", 1898, John Collier, artist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Godiva_(painting)
2.
John Collier, Pre-Raphaelite
http://www.historyofpainters.com/collier.htm
3.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Godiva
4.
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-Raphaelite_Brotherhood
Re-uploaded 5.11.2020.
Deleted 28.10.2O20 due to Troll interference.
Originally uploaded on 13.8.2020
Campbell's Tomato Soup, a vision of the sixties
Andy Warhol and his creative mind, some seemed silly
But each played a role
It was his overall goal
To strike out in a new direction in the age of the hippies
andy comes in campbell cans
tomato soup black, white, and red
squeezed out pop until it bled
art is all in andy's head
andy do you dare to dream
pinks and yellows, blues and greens
the day you popped onto the scene
do you know just what i mean
marilyn's golden in her day
elvis skates in figure eight's
64 the riot race
moon museum from outer space
andy smokes the cigarettes
andy crosses his long legs
yellow hair on top his head
is your 15 minutes up my friend
andy's made it all so clear
andy drew so we could hear
it has been too many years
andy can you paint my tears
What brush stroke best expresses your life?
What art form best reflects you?
What style of painting shows all that you are,
The honest and deep and the true?
Are you a whim with an Impressionist on show,
Or are you a Baroque sort of real,
Or are you the fun of a Contemporary paint,
Or is Abstract the way that you feel?
From Art Deco to Nouveau to Goth,
To the Pop Art of Andy Warhol,
I wonder what art best describes who you are,
Your thoughts, your mind and your soul…
andy comes in campbell cans
tomato soup black, white, and red
squeezed out pop until it bled
art is all in andy's head
andy do you dare to dream
pinks and yellows, blues and greens
the day you popped onto the scene
do you know just what i mean
marilyn's golden in her day
elvis skates in figure eight's
64 the riot race
moon museum from outer space
andy smokes the cigarettes
andy crosses his long legs
yellow hair on top his head
is your 15 minutes up my friend
andy's made it all so clear
andy drew so we could hear
it has been too many years
andy can you paint my tears
9 East 32nd Street
Between 5th and 6th Avenue
In New York City.
My apartment was 3C
On the same block,
Andy ran his “Factory”.
Saw him frequently
Looking his visual self,
Me an SVA art student
Living with my cat
And no one else.
We crossed each other one afternoon,
Andy gave me a free copy
Of his magazine “Interview”.
23 years later I’m thinking
Instead of taking it
And going my way,
If I had asked Andy his autograph
God knows the value
That copy would have today.
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