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| Andy Warhol<\/strong> \nJohn Wayne FS II.377, from Cowboys and Indians<\/em> \n1986 \nScreenprint on Lenox Museum Board \n36 x 36 in. \nEdition of 250, each piece is unique \nPencil signed and numbered<\/p>\n About the work:<\/strong><\/p>\n JOHN WAYNE. . .\u00a0 AMERICAN AS APPLE PIE<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n The saying \u201cas American as apple pie\u201d describes things that represent the best of American culture. People use this expression when talking about things like blue jeans, baseball, and rock-n-roll.<\/span><\/p>\n John Wayne is America!\u00a0 For many, John Wayne aka \u201cThe Duke\u201d, symbolizes some one who is a tough, macho, rugged, strong, a fighter, an army man, and a cowboy.<\/span><\/p>\n At 6 foot \u20194 inches, and an athlete (played football at USC), John Wayne not only had the stature of rough and tough guy, but had the attitude to go along with it.<\/span><\/p>\n In his movies, his straight forward, tell it like it is, take no crap attitude resonated with Americans leading up to and during WWII.\u00a0 He personified American toughness, and American values and ideals.\u00a0 He was proud of America, and American was proud of him.<\/span><\/p>\n There is no artist better to illustrate iconic symbols than Andy Warhol.\u00a0 Warhol had a knack for choosing figures and images that were uniquely iconic and symbolic to the world of the past, present, and future.<\/span><\/p>\n The genius of Warhol was that an iconic image, could say so much that nothing else but that image had to be on the canvas.\u00a0 Marilyn Monroe is still relevant today, because Warhol immortalized her.\u00a0 55 years after her death Marilyn is still seen as one of the biggest, if not the biggest sex symbol in the world. \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In this week\u2019s Work of the Week (WOW)<\/b>, Warhol\u2019s image of John Wayne staring at the viewer emotionless with an ever piercing gaze in a cowboy hat, and \u2018kerchief around his neck, holding a gun, rugged and ready to shoot on a draw is is one we have seen time and time again in the movies. \u00a0 But Warhol knew The Duke, will remain a fixture of the popular imagination for as long as the world is watching movies, and for good reason: He wasn’t so much an actor as a symbol of national identity and a point of American pride.<\/p>\n Wether it is a smug portrait of Mao, a Dollar Sign, the Electric Chair, or a Campbell\u2019s soup can, Warhol\u2019s inconic imagery depicted the times, defined a nation, democratized art, made a statement, and sealed his place in art history for ever.\u00a0 The artist is as iconic as his art!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Andy Warhol John Wayne FS II.377, from Cowboys and Indians 1986 Screenprint on Lenox Museum Board 36 x 36 in. Edition of 250, each piece is unique Pencil signed and numbered About the work: JOHN WAYNE. . .\u00a0 AMERICAN AS … Continue reading |
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