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Warhol's true skill was arguably self-promotion, there aren't a lot of people who think he was particularly skilled as a classical artist — but he developed a l
by micromacrofoot 2y ago
Warhol's true skill was arguably self-promotion, there aren't a lot of people who think he was particularly skilled as a classical artist — but he developed a look, talked to all the right people, and made a brand of himself in a time where it was a lot more rare to do so.
This stuff is also fairly pedestrian to our eyes now because of Warhol's influence, he was doing this in the 60s, decades before anyone could say "looks like a photoshop filter"
- roughly 2y agoWarhol’s art was self-promotion, explicitly - commercialization and personal branding was the act.