37. Andy Warhol by Arthur C. Danto

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37. Andy Warhol by Arthur C. Danto

I think Danto’s main gig is as a philosopher and an art critic. So this book wasn’t really a biography on Andy Warhol but more of a philosophy of Warhol’s art. Which is good, but I thought he had already written a book like that before? Maybe I’m thinking of something else.

I enjoyed this book. I’m not a huge fan of Warhol, but I do respect his work. And it was nice just to sit and read a well-written book on art. It was a little too-something though. I think maybe it takes Warhol’s work a little too seriously. I’m not saying his work wasn’t serious or important, mind, but this book takes it a step too far. I think it’s when the author brings up the Holy Grail that I thought that maybe he likes Warhol and his work a little too much to be objective in his critiques.

I am still confused about Andy Warhol being a painter, when most of his stuff (that he’s famous for) seems to be screen print. Isn’t he more of a printer? and wouldn’t that make more sense with his Factory? with wanting to be a machine? I’d like that explained some time, why his screen prints are called paintings and not prints. or monoprints, if it’s that he’s printing and then going back and putting some paint on top.

It was a good, quick read.

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