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About the work:<\/strong><\/p>\n Power, Greed, Wealth, Success, Strength, Capitalism, Consumerism, Materialism; what symbol represents all these better than the US $ (Dollar Sign)?<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s all about the Benjamins!!!\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n This weeks Work Of the Week (WOW!) is Andy Warhol\u2019s Dollar Sign ($), FS II 278<\/strong>. When it comes to a symbol of a world currency, none is more iconic the the US $ (Dollar Sign). No one thinks of the British Pound, the Euro, or the Yen. It is the US Dollar, and the dollar sign $, that is known and desired all over the world.<\/p>\n Art is always a extension and representation of the times. Andy Warhol began creating money imagery as early as the 1950\u2019s. After WWII, America had solidified her position, strength, and power in the world. Here at home, America was entering the most financially sound period in her short history. Americans were experiencing a modern industrial revolution in manufacturing, home buying was at the highest level in history, television was new and advertisements were pitching the latest and greatest to a ripe audience, who for the first time had money to buy, and the growing middle class was the strongest it has ever been. American was flying high, and money was flowing.<\/p>\n The pop artists saw this, and their art reflected exactly what was going on. Jasper Johns\u2019 American flag was an artistic symbol of patriotism. Robert Rauschenberg\u2019s photo-journalistic style artistically documented the times, and Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Indiana, James Rosenquist, and Andy Warhol used their advertising backgrounds to create art that represented the influx of money, capitalism, consumerism that the American culture was experiencing at the time.<\/p>\n Yet it is timeless, just as it rang true over 50 years ago, it holds true today. Warhol\u2019s Dollar Sign ($), is not just a cool image that was meant to hang behind the desk of some important CEO. It\u2019s a statement. It\u2019s an abstract statement, or concept if you will, on what money represents, and how this tiny piece of paper rules the world, (for better or for worse). Abstract in the sense that Warhol does not come right out and list the positives and negatives of money, he leaves that up to the viewer to form his or her own interpretations. To some who see the genius of Warhol it may seem deeper that what is looks like on the surface, and to some it may seem simple or obvious. But after all, Warhol\u2019s take on Pop Art is in many ways, overstating the obvious.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Andy Warhol Dollar Sign FS II.278 1982 Screenprint on Lenox Museum Board 19 5\/8 x 15 5\/8 in. Edition of 60 unique works Pencil signed and numbered About the work: Power, Greed, Wealth, Success, Strength, Capitalism, Consumerism, Materialism; what symbol … Continue reading