Hello invisible readers,
Your humble blogger is having a crush on Andy Warhol at the very first day of work. Of course, this 20th-century most celebrated artist is all over the place: Campbell's tomato soup can, Marilyn Monroe and Andy Warhol portrait himself. But wait, did you said you know him too well?
To tell the truth, I never really thought about Warhol and his work. Totally illiterate - I am as clueless about him as a typical 10 year-old kid. Guess because I'm so fed up with his soup can ( this is not just metaphorical ) and Marilyn's beauty marks, I never care to dig further, to make sense of why he is such an influential icon. Actually if it hadn't been for my assignment on a Pop-art themed dinner, I would still tuck Andy Warhol in my Mars.
But once you got a taste of Pop tart, heaven... they call it Pop because objects used are popular. But Pop! is also a very reasonable explanation. Like exotic toxic mushrooms after the rain, so fast and effective and addictive.
No fancy decoration. Layering is color-based not line-based. Light is shape rather than shade. And I don't know if it's just my preference or what, but recently I find minimalistic artworks to be much more emotional. Not yet to the point of crying in front of a Mark Rothko's painting though, but when you see something that is just right - no more and no less, you feel at bliss.
Your humble blogger is having a crush on Andy Warhol at the very first day of work. Of course, this 20th-century most celebrated artist is all over the place: Campbell's tomato soup can, Marilyn Monroe and Andy Warhol portrait himself. But wait, did you said you know him too well?
To tell the truth, I never really thought about Warhol and his work. Totally illiterate - I am as clueless about him as a typical 10 year-old kid. Guess because I'm so fed up with his soup can ( this is not just metaphorical ) and Marilyn's beauty marks, I never care to dig further, to make sense of why he is such an influential icon. Actually if it hadn't been for my assignment on a Pop-art themed dinner, I would still tuck Andy Warhol in my Mars.
But once you got a taste of Pop tart, heaven... they call it Pop because objects used are popular. But Pop! is also a very reasonable explanation. Like exotic toxic mushrooms after the rain, so fast and effective and addictive.
No fancy decoration. Layering is color-based not line-based. Light is shape rather than shade. And I don't know if it's just my preference or what, but recently I find minimalistic artworks to be much more emotional. Not yet to the point of crying in front of a Mark Rothko's painting though, but when you see something that is just right - no more and no less, you feel at bliss.
Keywords of the day: Engaging. Emotional. Sincere.
Music... I would recommend looking at stunning Edie Sedgwick while listening to Femme Fatale by Nico & the Velvet Underground. But I am rather caught up with the Smokies, because dad played them all week long during Tet. Tet songs to me, is not necessarily be about Tet but everything he play from when I was a little girl until now.
Have a nice week, I know everyone is back to work and whatever was left aside during Tết. Well you might be one of the post-holiday victim, being stuffed up with bánh chưng rán and nem but for those that are not, I wish you managed to get a taste of Vietnamese Tết, wherever you are.
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