Pushing the Language Forward

Food, Commerce and Art made for Reproduction

“He was most American of artists and the most artistic of Americans,
so American in fact, that he was virtually invisible to us.” – Dave Hickey

These are the infamous soup cans by Andy Warhol. Initially, the work attracted little response. But Irving Blum, the art dealer who took a risk on Warhol, told the artist that as he observed them day after day in his LA gallery, they had a profound effect upon him. He couldn’t put it into words, but he realized that, together, as a unit, and only as a unit, they silently but consistently presented a deep question.

This post has been slain and resurrected for inclusion in my 2015 book of essays, Inquietude.

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