FLASH

[libertango]

I tend to like atypical works by artists. Things that get ignored, because they just don't fit into the mold of the story or narrative cultureburg tells about the artist.

Today's the 22nd of November. And, for many people, that means a date seared into their brain just as much as the 11th of September for younger citizens.

So, today's art is from Andy Warhol -- FLASH.

akirlu and I first saw this up at the Vancouver Art Gallery a few years back. I had to go searching online for a good set of the presentation, because almost all the scans of the prints online show only Warhol's images. They don't integrate the newswire text by Philip Greer. That's a shame, because the it's the juxtaposition of the images and text -- which was how we saw them at VAG -- that works so effectively. The panels alternated -- image, text, image, text.

This is a far more somber Warhol than you're likely to have seen before. The only thing comparable I can think of from him is his Electric Chair series, which I first saw at the Dallas Museum of Art (the Metroplex's second best art museum -- {snicker}, but still).

{note -- Warhol links go to the Warhol Museum, for whom, much thanks.}