Andy Warhol has been called a lot of things, some of them very well justified and he may have been substantially different from most of society and even other artists of his time, but I think he just as substantially cooler than the rest of the artists and other big names of his time.
Sprinkling himself throughout many areas and types of work, his taste has touched without a doubt nearly every corner of the world. Of course what I find fascinating are his paintings. 
He tried a lot of styles and techniques in his lifetime, but that is not what matters to me. Upon reading more about him, I was mostly impressed by his audacity as an artist as a whole. He tried basically anything and everything and he almost falls into the category of an abstract artist for some of his bizarre films. He’s painted on everything from canvases to racecars and he lets the inspiration of his work come from his own life. For instance, his famous Campbell’s Soup rendering was inspired by the fact that he ate Campbell’s soup for lunch nearly everyday of his life! 
That makes me wonder if I should produce some form of art based on the peanut butter & jelly sandwich. He has many other famous paintings and people all over the world have gone for the “Warhol” look. He’s an inspiration to me, the world of art, and hopefully to you, but most of all; he is this week’s coolest dead person.
I have the only kids in the world who will not eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Go figure. It would be interesting to see what you came up with for all that. Andy was cool, no doubt about it.
Posted by: Kathryn Gerth | 04/07/2010 at 08:21 PM