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But did he use the Amiga later for any of his actual art? Yes, he signed on as a "brand ambassador" but was that a sincere endorsement or was it more like celeb

But did he use the Amiga later for any of his actual art? Yes, he signed on as a "brand ambassador" but was that a sincere endorsement or was it more like celebrities endorsing a toothpaste?

actionfromafar 2y ago
He had a public session using the Amiga. Also he was a very "post-modern" artist, into techy things, and computers, especially with graphical capabilities were a new thing back then. So it was much more on-point than endorsing toothpaste. Besides, with Andy Warhol doing it, would he endorse toothpaste, that in itself could/would have been a sort of post-modern performance. (Compared to some regular actor or whatever endorsing something.)
- guenthert 2y ago
  Well, as impressive as the Amiga was, there were more capable graphical workstations available (for a price) even at that time. If he just wanted to create digital art, he would have had the means to do so. Perhaps it was his understanding as creator of pop-art, that he would restrict himself to means available to the broader populace?
  - actionfromafar 2y ago
    I think the chips just happened to fall that way. Was Andy Warhol approached by other computer vendors? Probably not.
vidarh 2y ago
Define "actual art". Apart from what he did during the Amiga launch, per the article "He later made a series of digital drawings including a Campbell’s soup can, Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus, and flowers." There are pictures at the end of the article, and more in the video. One might reasonably argue whether those are "actual art" or just experiments that don't meet whatever your definition is - this isn't a trick question, but it is a tricky question especially with respect to Warhol. E.g. the Botticelli drawing is mostly some cut and paste of parts of a digital copy of the Botticelli by someone else, that'd be easy to dismiss as someone toying with it and learning, and maybe that's all it was. But a lot of Warhol's art was also very simple reframing and modification of things. He also made a "music video" which was long thought lost [1][2] consisting of 20 painted frames a soundtrack. So he didn't do much with the Amiga, but also remember he got it the summer 1985, with the software still in a rough, early state, and died in February 1987. In that period he reportedly acquired a "battery" of Amigas. During that same period he was busy with finalizing his exhibition with Basquiat in September 1985, and his final exhibition (Milan, January 1987), and it seems that other than the silk screens for those, he didn't produce much else in that period. He at least seemed interested. Whether that interest would have continued had he lived longer and led to more artworks, or whether it was just a curiosity about something he was paid to represent or genuine interest is something we probably won't get an answer to. [1] https://artdaily.cc/news/18091/Lost-Warhol-to-Premiere-at-Museum-of-New-Art https://artdaily.cc/news/18091/Lost-Warhol-to-Premiere-at-Mu... [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmVJurXyN0k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmVJurXyN0k

But did he use the Amiga later for any of his actual art? Yes, he signed on as a "brand ambassador" but was that a sincere endorsement or was it more like celebrities endorsing a toothpaste?

actionfromafar 2y ago

He had a public session using the Amiga. Also he was a very "post-modern" artist, into techy things, and computers, especially with graphical capabilities were a new thing back then. So it was much more on-point than endorsing toothpaste. Besides, with Andy Warhol doing it, would he endorse toothpaste, that in itself could/would have been a sort of post-modern performance. (Compared to some regular actor or whatever endorsing something.)

guenthert 2y ago
Well, as impressive as the Amiga was, there were more capable graphical workstations available (for a price) even at that time. If he just wanted to create digital art, he would have had the means to do so. Perhaps it was his understanding as creator of pop-art, that he would restrict himself to means available to the broader populace?
- actionfromafar 2y ago
  I think the chips just happened to fall that way. Was Andy Warhol approached by other computer vendors? Probably not.

vidarh 2y ago

Define "actual art". Apart from what he did during the Amiga launch, per the article "He later made a series of digital drawings including a Campbell’s soup can, Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus, and flowers." There are pictures at the end of the article, and more in the video. One might reasonably argue whether those are "actual art" or just experiments that don't meet whatever your definition is - this isn't a trick question, but it is a tricky question especially with respect to Warhol. E.g. the Botticelli drawing is mostly some cut and paste of parts of a digital copy of the Botticelli by someone else, that'd be easy to dismiss as someone toying with it and learning, and maybe that's all it was. But a lot of Warhol's art was also very simple reframing and modification of things. He also made a "music video" which was long thought lost [1][2] consisting of 20 painted frames a soundtrack. So he didn't do much with the Amiga, but also remember he got it the summer 1985, with the software still in a rough, early state, and died in February 1987. In that period he reportedly acquired a "battery" of Amigas. During that same period he was busy with finalizing his exhibition with Basquiat in September 1985, and his final exhibition (Milan, January 1987), and it seems that other than the silk screens for those, he didn't produce much else in that period. He at least seemed interested. Whether that interest would have continued had he lived longer and led to more artworks, or whether it was just a curiosity about something he was paid to represent or genuine interest is something we probably won't get an answer to. [1] https://artdaily.cc/news/18091/Lost-Warhol-to-Premiere-at-Museum-of-New-Art https://artdaily.cc/news/18091/Lost-Warhol-to-Premiere-at-Mu... [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmVJurXyN0k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmVJurXyN0k