Warhol is one of the few artists that if you hate thaer work you should accept the fact that you really love it
Warhol hated mass production and expressed those feelings, oddly, by participating in it
If you look at a piece by Warhol and think, 'this is unimaginative clutter produced in such a scale that bars any kind of creativity or intimacy of expression' then Warhol just managed to have you speak the opinion that the art was produced in response to
Now you have the opinion and can use it to examine elements of your own life, beyond warhol's work
who will look at a room filled with campbells soup can paintings and think, 'such care and consideration went into each one.. theses are all individually such good paintings'?
then go home afterward and look at a cabinet full of campbell's soup cans think 'good soup'
I happen to agree with your first para, but I think indifference and dislike are separate
I am indifferent to warhols work because I already agree with the inherent message and find little beyond that message
You can even dislike Warhol for other reasons, but it still remains that disliking the work for its mass production qualities means you are responding as intended
As for your second para.. you seem to be an adherent of a dull and unskillful ideology
I think all art takes skill, of varying types of skill, but more specifically a lot of modern art(o) consists of paintings that inarguably required a lot of skill to paint
You seem to be arguing something other than modern art
Personally I think it's dangerous to apply limitations on how others can express thaemself
It's a cheap win. I dislike being punched in the face. I have no intention of going to an art gallery where they punch people in the face and then say "told you so".
I like skill and flare. Warhol had neither. I don't expect a painting to be like a photo. I just find Warhol devoid of any interest whatsoever. And his apartment had none of his genre in either, probably because he knew he was simply playing the media. Just like Damien Hirst or Tracy Emin and their entourage of sycophants.
I love many of the pics on that link. I wouldn't put Warhol anywhere near any of those artists.
Warhol hated mass production and expressed those feelings, oddly, by participating in it
If you look at a piece by Warhol and think, 'this is unimaginative clutter produced in such a scale that bars any kind of creativity or intimacy of expression' then Warhol just managed to have you speak the opinion that the art was produced in response to
Now you have the opinion and can use it to examine elements of your own life, beyond warhol's work
who will look at a room filled with campbells soup can paintings and think, 'such care and consideration went into each one.. theses are all individually such good paintings'?
then go home afterward and look at a cabinet full of campbell's soup cans think 'good soup'