Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol has a view on art in general and his own that is very interesting. He generally has a post-modernist view, that anything can be beautiful, even if it is a can of Cambell’s soup or a bottle of Coke. But what is very interesting is his opinion on him creating art. He says that he is a machine, that he does not really have a hand in his art, but why would he want his art this way? If viewers of his art were never affected by his art because they saw the same images every day, then what would be the purpose of his art be other than something to look at?
Another aspect of his art that is misleading is some of the subject matter. It is not a far stretch to see how his silk screens of Marilyn Monroe are really an effort for the public to see the truth behind the image, the truth being the person she really is, aside from any Hollywood interference. But why use an image of a person, and really a country mourning? Warhol’s silk screens of Jackie Onasis are puzzling because of the social etiquette that it blatantly defies. A woman mourning for her husband is generally thought of as something that should not be capitalized on. So why did Warhol choose her as the subject when him doing so is not considered socially correct? What statements could he have made about the incident that were so profound to overwhelm the viewer’s shock of whom the subject is? It can be considered, but it is hard to say what Warhol might have been thinking when he created some of his more controversial pieces.