Thursday, December 6, 2007

question

in 1964b, warhol talks of his appreciation for "boring things" when talking about his repetitive images he goes on to say "I dont want it to be essentially the same, i want it to be exactly the same. because the more you look at the same exact thing, the more the meaning goes away, and the better and emptier you feel." warho claims to want a life of repetition with no meaning, empty of emotion or feeling. is this related to another famous warhol quote "i want to be a machine"? perhaps, like machines, warhol thinks that feelings and emotion are destractions to his productivity. does repetition or daily routine, like warhols claim of eating the same lunch everyday for 20 years, create a lack of emotion and meaning, like a machine, or frustration and discontent?

1 comment:

Nathan Shafer said...

Nice touch here. Warhol as a conduit into the serial nature of photography. Very good. It made him happy. Always take artists at their word, otherwise things get way too complicated.