Now now, lets not deny that at least Andy Warhol has the ability to faithfully represent cylindrical objects and have his lettering in parallel lines, whereas this, well, yeah…..
nah when he stopped tracing jack kirby and started making works from out of his own feedback loop he was real good but fuck drowning girl and fuck wham
That is completely untrue. Lichtenstein did more than comic panels, and he didn’t trace, he created painted enlargements using a variety of techniques.
And regarding the comic panel paintings, he selected the specific panels he painted with a great deal of care, he was using them to send a message: mostly social commentary– particularly on relations between men and women, highlighting the rampant misogyny of the time. It was intentional.
It’s not uncommon for artists to use devices and techniques that make their jobs seem easier than they are: the camera obscura, for example, or projectors, grid paper, or transfer paper.
I agree with girmaffe, Lichtenstein is a superior artist to Warhol. That isn’t to say that Warhol didn’t have his own genius (it could be argued the persona he cultivated was an act of performance art, itself), but Lichtenstein should not be impugned for “tracing.”
You and me both, Kniti. I listen to old radio shows and when a commercial for PBR comes on, I laugh–it usually sponsored the blue-color comedy Life of Riley in the ’50s.
Nothing more hipster than not doing/consuming something because you’ve realized that other hipsters are doing it too. It’s the Hipster Critical Mass Abandonment hypothesis: Hipsters like things until a critical mass of hipsters liking that thing is reached, then they abandon that thing.
I like PBR and Warhol. They are cheap and taste good.
I was with you until you knocked the PBR. don’t go there!! next thing you know we will be on to fat jokes and then I’ll REAAAALLLY get my panties in a twist.
My fav is the revised Mona Lisa where we discover that she was smiling because someone went on Etsy and bought her a “goddess” vulva pendant…..encrusted with glitter.
Reminds me of a long-standing dream of being a brilliant painter, and doing a series of classical nudes and semi-nudes in the full Rembrandt/Da Vinci/whatever style, but give them crass and vulgar titles, like “Chick with One Tit Hanging Out,” “Naked Broad,” “She’s Got a Hot Rack,” “Check Out Her Ass,” and “They’re Totally About to Fuck.” Alas, I lack the talent to make that happen.
For those of you grumbling about the lack of hot naked dudes in classical art: Caravaggio. Oh, all right, those are lukewarm almost-naked dudes. And the rest are mostly large & hard, marble & bronze.
I’m thinking the teacher in drawing class failed to discuss copying off another person’s paper? Or maybe that was the assignment, take something and make it slightly different.
Eh, it’s not uncommon to try and reproduce other works to boost your skills and understanding of concepts, but that obviously doesn’t mean you then turn around and sell the damn things. You sell your own work, not someone else’s! Even with “changes.”
I’m guessing it was. When I was doing high school art it largely involved this type of “copy an artist’s work” stuff. I learned sweet F.A. about art, but I did learn a fair bit about forgery. Clearly this person needs to hone those forgery skills somewhat, but we all have to start somewhere.
How does the soap come out if you’ve bent the lid INWARDS to open it?
Now I’m thinking I can get big money for my VISA1100 final project in which I included a charcoal reproduction of the Mona Lisa (and might I say, it looked considerably more like the real thing than the soap can). While the price tag on the can is rather cheap, I’m thinking $10,000 for the full picture which also features myself and a reproduction of Water Lilies — the project had to do with my insecurity/frustration in the quality of my own work — and $50,000 if you want me to hack it down to just Ms. Lisa. Cha-ching?
So you’re claiming your freshman-level, pot-fueled, poorly-executed and error-filled homework assignment is a pastiche and is worth $10? Offer your mom $10 to let you hang it on the fridge – but prepare for a rude shock.
This kid may not have talent, taste, imagination or inspiration, but what he lacks in artistic ability he more than compensates for this in hubris. As regretsy has demonstrated over and over again, one need not be talented to foist garbage on etsy.
Ironically, if it has been a nice painting of garbage, that might have been acceptable. That’s what Warhol did.
July 19, 2012 at 9:33 am
I prefer Cream of Chicken, it lathers better and moisturizes at the same time.
July 19, 2012 at 9:37 am
Plus it makes you tender and flavorful.
July 19, 2012 at 9:39 am
But a good gumbo soap can really spice up your shower time.
July 19, 2012 at 5:04 pm
This is a school project. If your mom won’t hang it on the ‘fridge – sell it on Etsy
Why is the Cambells crooked?
July 19, 2012 at 10:12 am
Clam chowder for a lady’s intimate area. Check for bits of shell first, though.
July 19, 2012 at 12:17 pm
For a lady’s intimate area, I’d like the Made with Real Beef Cock.
July 19, 2012 at 6:50 pm
Aren’t they all?
July 20, 2012 at 4:05 am
Sadly, no. The cocktail wieners are made of mystery meat.
July 19, 2012 at 9:35 am
like everyone else, i enjoy a good pittsburg reference.
/see what i did there? yeah, i’m cool n’at.
July 19, 2012 at 3:16 pm
Yinz need to stop already.
July 20, 2012 at 7:05 pm
YINZERS!
July 19, 2012 at 9:36 am
The changes also consist of this Andy Warhol being a great artist to you being pretty crappy. Let’s not overlook that.
July 19, 2012 at 9:40 am
That awkward moment when someone calls Andy Warhol a great artist.
July 19, 2012 at 9:45 am
Now now, lets not deny that at least Andy Warhol has the ability to faithfully represent cylindrical objects and have his lettering in parallel lines, whereas this, well, yeah…..
July 19, 2012 at 9:47 am
just cause you don’t like the wine it doesn’t mean the wine is bad
July 19, 2012 at 12:09 pm
I’m with Tuesdai on this one. Roy Lichtenstein is my pop art god. Warhol is like PBR to me: too many people like it because liking it is popular.
July 19, 2012 at 12:33 pm
every thing that roy lichtenstein ever did has been tracked to the individual comic panel he traced
July 19, 2012 at 7:21 pm
Even his sculptures?
July 20, 2012 at 9:39 am
nah when he stopped tracing jack kirby and started making works from out of his own feedback loop he was real good but fuck drowning girl and fuck wham
July 20, 2012 at 6:53 pm
That is completely untrue. Lichtenstein did more than comic panels, and he didn’t trace, he created painted enlargements using a variety of techniques.
And regarding the comic panel paintings, he selected the specific panels he painted with a great deal of care, he was using them to send a message: mostly social commentary– particularly on relations between men and women, highlighting the rampant misogyny of the time. It was intentional.
It’s not uncommon for artists to use devices and techniques that make their jobs seem easier than they are: the camera obscura, for example, or projectors, grid paper, or transfer paper.
I agree with girmaffe, Lichtenstein is a superior artist to Warhol. That isn’t to say that Warhol didn’t have his own genius (it could be argued the persona he cultivated was an act of performance art, itself), but Lichtenstein should not be impugned for “tracing.”
July 20, 2012 at 7:07 pm
I agree with your agreeing. Lichtenstein was the man. Warhol was interesting in his own way, but I prefer Roy.
July 19, 2012 at 1:15 pm
Oh, is that why people drink PBR? But I thought hipsters spurned anything “popular.”
So confused.
July 19, 2012 at 2:15 pm
You and me both, Kniti. I listen to old radio shows and when a commercial for PBR comes on, I laugh–it usually sponsored the blue-color comedy Life of Riley in the ’50s.
July 20, 2012 at 12:42 am
I listen to CBS radio mystery theater Mugs! Every night!! I like you even more now!!
July 19, 2012 at 3:14 pm
Nothing more hipster than not doing/consuming something because you’ve realized that other hipsters are doing it too. It’s the Hipster Critical Mass Abandonment hypothesis: Hipsters like things until a critical mass of hipsters liking that thing is reached, then they abandon that thing.
I like PBR and Warhol. They are cheap and taste good.
July 20, 2012 at 1:48 pm
I was with you until you knocked the PBR. don’t go there!! next thing you know we will be on to fat jokes and then I’ll REAAAALLLY get my panties in a twist.
July 19, 2012 at 9:37 am
I’ve always been a fan of Salvador Dali’s “The Persistence of Mammaries”.
July 19, 2012 at 9:45 am
Van Gogh’s “Stabby Night” is another favorite.
July 19, 2012 at 9:48 am
And let’s not forget “Pube Descending Staircase” by Marcel Duchamp. A classic.
July 19, 2012 at 9:50 am
“hamburglar crossing the alps” by j.m.w. turner is one of my favourite paintings ever
July 19, 2012 at 9:53 am
That made me laugh out loud. Fucking funny.
July 19, 2012 at 10:12 am
This needs to happen now.
July 19, 2012 at 10:35 am
Done. Results to follow.
July 19, 2012 at 10:21 am
Guard your Big Maximas, Mayor McCaeasar!
July 19, 2012 at 10:24 am
I’m especially fond of “Whistler’s Goatherd”
July 19, 2012 at 10:33 am
And his lesser-known masterpiece “Whistler’s Goatse.”
July 19, 2012 at 11:26 pm
My fav is the revised Mona Lisa where we discover that she was smiling because someone went on Etsy and bought her a “goddess” vulva pendant…..encrusted with glitter.
July 19, 2012 at 1:28 pm
Reminds me of a long-standing dream of being a brilliant painter, and doing a series of classical nudes and semi-nudes in the full Rembrandt/Da Vinci/whatever style, but give them crass and vulgar titles, like “Chick with One Tit Hanging Out,” “Naked Broad,” “She’s Got a Hot Rack,” “Check Out Her Ass,” and “They’re Totally About to Fuck.” Alas, I lack the talent to make that happen.
July 20, 2012 at 8:25 am
I love this idea SO HARD.
I’d steal it but I can’t really see myself committing to a project that’s all ladies and no hot naked dudes.
I guess there are SOME naked dudes in classic art…but not nearly enough.
July 20, 2012 at 11:32 am
For those of you grumbling about the lack of hot naked dudes in classical art: Caravaggio. Oh, all right, those are lukewarm almost-naked dudes. And the rest are mostly large & hard, marble & bronze.
July 19, 2012 at 5:14 pm
Most items on Etsy make me think of “The Scream”
July 19, 2012 at 9:58 am
I bet this artist could do Rodin’s “The Stinker”.
July 19, 2012 at 10:01 am
Or “The Moaning Lisa”. There’s just something about that smile.
July 19, 2012 at 10:24 am
I wish they’d do “The Scram” by Art Munch.
July 19, 2012 at 12:18 pm
Or Hogs Playing Poker.
July 19, 2012 at 11:28 pm
How about Blue Balls Boy? You could hang him right across from a nude “goddess” painted in menstrual blood.
July 19, 2012 at 12:24 pm
Johannes Vermeers….”The Girl With The Pearl Necklace.” A Masterpiece of a “painting”.
July 19, 2012 at 1:42 pm
Don’t you mean Johannes Vermeers….”The Girl With The Pearl Anal Beads.”
July 19, 2012 at 9:39 am
I’m thinking the teacher in drawing class failed to discuss copying off another person’s paper? Or maybe that was the assignment, take something and make it slightly different.
July 19, 2012 at 9:48 am
was the class etsy 101?
July 19, 2012 at 9:52 am
Eh, it’s not uncommon to try and reproduce other works to boost your skills and understanding of concepts, but that obviously doesn’t mean you then turn around and sell the damn things. You sell your own work, not someone else’s! Even with “changes.”
July 19, 2012 at 9:59 am
Yes, that person should be ashamed of copying Warhol’s copy of a Campbell’s soup can.
July 19, 2012 at 12:56 pm
I really, really hope that this was high school and not college freshman drawing…
July 19, 2012 at 3:16 pm
I’m guessing it was. When I was doing high school art it largely involved this type of “copy an artist’s work” stuff. I learned sweet F.A. about art, but I did learn a fair bit about forgery. Clearly this person needs to hone those forgery skills somewhat, but we all have to start somewhere.
July 20, 2012 at 11:34 am
Apprentice to chinese resellers of ‘famous art’?
July 19, 2012 at 9:42 am
amidoinitrite
July 19, 2012 at 9:53 am
Um, that’s actually witty and as awesome than the original, which is kind of not the point.
July 19, 2012 at 9:59 am
Oops – ‘as’
July 19, 2012 at 8:29 pm
Elvis is King.
July 19, 2012 at 9:49 am
How does the soap come out if you’ve bent the lid INWARDS to open it?
Now I’m thinking I can get big money for my VISA1100 final project in which I included a charcoal reproduction of the Mona Lisa (and might I say, it looked considerably more like the real thing than the soap can). While the price tag on the can is rather cheap, I’m thinking $10,000 for the full picture which also features myself and a reproduction of Water Lilies — the project had to do with my insecurity/frustration in the quality of my own work — and $50,000 if you want me to hack it down to just Ms. Lisa. Cha-ching?
July 19, 2012 at 9:49 am
Anybody else hoping they release a Chunky version?
July 19, 2012 at 10:36 am
I’m sorry that Campbell’s stopped selling their little Soup-for-One cans of soup. They’d be perfect for the budget-strapped art lover.
July 19, 2012 at 12:06 pm
In my world, soup for one = regular size can.
July 19, 2012 at 12:13 pm
In my world, too, and I’d use two of those “soup-for-one” cans for one serving. Seriously, they barely filled a teacup!
July 22, 2012 at 6:03 am
Pudding Cups in six-packs: same general idea.
July 19, 2012 at 9:57 am
So you’re claiming your freshman-level, pot-fueled, poorly-executed and error-filled homework assignment is a pastiche and is worth $10? Offer your mom $10 to let you hang it on the fridge – but prepare for a rude shock.
July 19, 2012 at 9:59 am
She’d be like, “Uhhhh…magnets don’t work on this fridge. Tape doesn’t stick, either. We’ll find a good spot for it in the basement.”
July 19, 2012 at 10:33 am
“Your nice picture? It’s still on the fridge under those pages of Help Wanted ads for ditch-diggers and Etsy administrators. Why do you ask?”
July 19, 2012 at 10:03 am
Freshman Drawing class assignment? I hope the teacher pulled his/her student aside and suggested a different major.
July 19, 2012 at 10:07 am
Maybe it was freshman year of high school.
July 19, 2012 at 10:08 am
7th grade is a little early to be picking majors.
July 19, 2012 at 6:55 pm
7th grade is a little early to call yourself a freshman, too.
July 19, 2012 at 10:28 am
I hear the low-sodium soap is healthier.
July 19, 2012 at 11:52 am
Anything else is just rubbing salt in a wound.
July 19, 2012 at 10:32 am
You know what they say about the Velvet Undergrad: not everyone’s heard of them, but anyone who has went on to college.
July 19, 2012 at 10:35 am
Wasn’t that what they called Mel Torme when he was in college?
July 19, 2012 at 10:46 am
He was the Velvet Frosh.
July 19, 2012 at 11:08 am
He was Smell Torme in college until he shortened both himself and his name. It’s true, look it up!
July 20, 2012 at 10:14 am
ITYM collage.
July 19, 2012 at 10:44 am
It wasn’t until recently that McDonald’s disclosed their “vegetable” menu item had beef in it. Campbell’s – ahead of their time.
July 19, 2012 at 10:55 am
Art Collector: I like it, but I’m looking for something with a little more character. You know, like “Gods Playing Poker” or “American Gothabilly”.
July 19, 2012 at 11:09 am
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July 19, 2012 at 12:15 pm
Thanks for playing and better luck next time. I hope you enjoy your lovely parting gifts!
July 19, 2012 at 10:56 am
So students’ attempts to hide plagiarism in art class look just as obvious as when they try to do it in papers. Good to know!
July 19, 2012 at 11:17 am
I was into the Velvet Undergrad before they sold out and went all mainstream.
July 19, 2012 at 11:28 am
I was into minimalism before it was all that.
July 19, 2012 at 11:41 am
I was into Old Spice when it was just Spice.
July 19, 2012 at 11:56 am
I was into the disembodied hand before it was a Thing.
July 19, 2012 at 11:56 am
You’re just showing off.
July 19, 2012 at 12:07 pm
I’ll stop if you tell your avatar to stop looking at mine that way.
July 19, 2012 at 12:12 pm
I was into Republicans back when they were Democrats.
July 19, 2012 at 5:24 pm
(snap snap)
July 19, 2012 at 11:40 am
Does anyone else not see what the fuck they’re talking about when they say, “10 and 320/4 oz”?
July 19, 2012 at 11:56 am
I think it’s on either side of the gold medallion. You know, the darker red smudges.
July 19, 2012 at 11:58 am
90 – I are good at math! It might written in the red part of the can?
July 19, 2012 at 12:09 pm
80, actually. But who’s counting?
July 19, 2012 at 12:21 pm
I can see how it would be 90 because you would add the 10. BUT WTF DOES IT MEAN?!?!
July 19, 2012 at 12:39 pm
The can said 10-1/4 oz originally?
July 19, 2012 at 12:46 pm
Oh. Maybe it’s some dumb stoner thing.
July 19, 2012 at 12:58 pm
Oh, God. You’re probably right.
July 19, 2012 at 12:59 pm
BUT WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?!?!?!
July 19, 2012 at 1:13 pm
I double checked. I guess none of that adds up to 420.
July 19, 2012 at 12:00 pm
Oh. Still confused. But for a different reason this time.
July 19, 2012 at 12:11 pm
Because “Saved by the Bell” isn’t on anymore? I’m confused about that, too.
July 19, 2012 at 2:22 pm
Goes well with the Campbells Soap Apron
July 19, 2012 at 2:51 pm
When I was a kid, my mother would make me wash my mouth out with Campbell’s soap if I said a bad word at the dinner table.
July 19, 2012 at 3:18 pm
As if we couldn’t tell this wasn’t a Warhol. Pffft.
July 19, 2012 at 3:21 pm
I wonder if the “small changes” were intended to avoid copyright liability? If so, that’s probably progress by Etsy’s standards.
July 19, 2012 at 8:57 pm
Would it be Warhol’s copyright or Campbells’ that would be violated?
July 19, 2012 at 8:57 pm
I actually had a little burst of “WANT” over the soap can, but then I realized it wasn’t an error, and I lost interest.
I have no idea what that says about me.
July 20, 2012 at 12:47 pm
OK this is bugging me, why does it look like the Velvet Undergrad banana picture is drawn on the back side of something? What is it?
July 20, 2012 at 1:42 pm
WHEN WILL THE “VELVET UNDERGRAD” IMAGE BE AVAILABE AS A POSTER I CAN BUY. I AM READY TO THROW MY MONEY AT YOU.
July 20, 2012 at 10:18 pm
This kid may not have talent, taste, imagination or inspiration, but what he lacks in artistic ability he more than compensates for this in hubris. As regretsy has demonstrated over and over again, one need not be talented to foist garbage on etsy.
Ironically, if it has been a nice painting of garbage, that might have been acceptable. That’s what Warhol did.
July 21, 2012 at 5:41 pm
WWWD?