Famous pop artist Andy Warhol once said, “I’m afraid that if you look at a thing long enough it loses all its meaning.” On the contrary, art still can convey a clear meaning no matter how many times it is experienced. The time period from the mid-20th century to now especially has spawned a plethora of meaningful visual art. Concepts like consumerism in the 50s to 60s, the Vietnam War in the 70s, and graffiti from the 80s to now all contain art that connects to the past through presenting the culture and attitudes of the past.
Take the case of consumerism, an idea that was prevalent in to 50s to 60s. Andy Warhol used consumerism “Working most often in silkscreen prints, he made series of pictures of political and Hollywood celebrities.” (McGill). As a result of Andy Warhol using consumerism, he mass-produced prints of famous figures. Figures like …show more content…
The article “Graffiti art highlighted in NYC exhibition” describes a New York City art event and it portrays “What makes the New York City as canvas exhibition unique is that it focuses on works from the city that were collected over the years by East Village artist Martin Wong.” (Ilnytzky). The article indicates that Martin Wong collecting graffiti and having the artwork be displayed in art museums contrasts with the previous conditions of graffiti. Graffiti was widely frowned upon and “underground”, but now it is more popular. Related to the people’s attitude on graffiti is Lee Quiñones’ work, Howard the Duck. The graffiti depicts a cartoon duck saying “Graffiti is an art and if art is a crime, let God forgive all.” The quote accurately represents how people felt about graffiti back then, as a crime. The graffiti artists themselves were against this notion. Now graffiti is better respected. Exhibitions and famous graffiti art includes artwork that embodies the attitude against graffiti in the
Take the case of consumerism, an idea that was prevalent in to 50s to 60s. Andy Warhol used consumerism “Working most often in silkscreen prints, he made series of pictures of political and Hollywood celebrities.” (McGill). As a result of Andy Warhol using consumerism, he mass-produced prints of famous figures. Figures like …show more content…
The article “Graffiti art highlighted in NYC exhibition” describes a New York City art event and it portrays “What makes the New York City as canvas exhibition unique is that it focuses on works from the city that were collected over the years by East Village artist Martin Wong.” (Ilnytzky). The article indicates that Martin Wong collecting graffiti and having the artwork be displayed in art museums contrasts with the previous conditions of graffiti. Graffiti was widely frowned upon and “underground”, but now it is more popular. Related to the people’s attitude on graffiti is Lee Quiñones’ work, Howard the Duck. The graffiti depicts a cartoon duck saying “Graffiti is an art and if art is a crime, let God forgive all.” The quote accurately represents how people felt about graffiti back then, as a crime. The graffiti artists themselves were against this notion. Now graffiti is better respected. Exhibitions and famous graffiti art includes artwork that embodies the attitude against graffiti in the