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Carnegie Mellon University Computer Club discovers unknown Andy Warhols

36 points by nate 12y ago

lskurman 12y ago
These are awesome!
nate 12y ago
If you're into this type of thing, this is another neat story - Andy Warhol playing with a Mac for the first time at a party Steve Jobs went to http://davidsheff.com/article/the-night-steve-jobs-met-andy-warhol/ http://davidsheff.com/article/the-night-steve-jobs-met-andy-...
jcr 12y ago
There's some more info in the previous submission/discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7638904 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7638904
hxrts 12y ago
fun video on how they found the images: https://vimeo.com/92583299 https://vimeo.com/92583299
spudlyo 12y ago
I seem to remember that Venus image came with Deluxe Paint. Adding a third eye to it seems like something fun you might do when messing around with cut & paste. You can watch him on stage working with Deluxe Paint here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BQCdI4qLjo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BQCdI4qLjo
sp332 12y ago
Posted about a month ago. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7638904 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7638904
iandanforth 12y ago
Every time I see discussion of Warhol I feel like I'm in the middle of mass hysteria, staring at a naked emperor. Everyone is entitled to their own artistic preference, but I blissfully imagine a day when people "come to their senses" and agree with me.
- kitcar 12y ago
  That's the beauty of art, different strokes for different folks. By the way, some people (like me) enjoy Warhol not for his actual artistic creations, but rather for shining a light on the absurdity of it all, akin to the storyline of "Exit through the gift shop". Personally, I don't get Barnett Newman's paintings - http://www.gallery.ca/en/see/collections/artwork.php?mkey=35828 http://www.gallery.ca/en/see/collections/artwork.php?mkey=35...
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- nawitus 12y ago
  Why do you place so much emphasis on what art other people value?
  - netcan 12y ago
    Because he's a person and we're social animals. Because he's interested in art and wants to talk about it. I see nothing wrong with saying that art is good or bad and trying to convince people of your position.
  - mcguire 12y ago
    Because iandanforth (and I, and you) get to be surrounded by the "art that other people value", to the point that it drowns out what he (and I and you) might actually prefer to be looking at.
- netcan 12y ago
  I think when something/someone gets famous, valuable or prestigious beyond a certain level it's all mass hysteria. Art is especially vulnerable to this kind of thing. NPR just did a podcast about Stradivarius violins. One just sold for $12m. There were pepsi challenge like experiments were players and instrument makers tried to pick the multi million dollar antiques from the crowd of regular high end ($10k+) violins. They couldn't. There are parallels for wine and other things. Almost everyone has come and gone from the inner circles of the high-art gallery world seem to report how many emperors are wearing high heels and penis gourds. I think this is easier for us to accept today than at any other time. We have a lot of 'famous for being famous' people today, so it's not hard to believe that it's possible. That said, I quite like Andy Warhol.

36 points by nate 12y ago

These are awesome!

nate 12y ago

If you're into this type of thing, this is another neat story - Andy Warhol playing with a Mac for the first time at a party Steve Jobs went to http://davidsheff.com/article/the-night-steve-jobs-met-andy-warhol/ http://davidsheff.com/article/the-night-steve-jobs-met-andy-...

jcr 12y ago

There's some more info in the previous submission/discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7638904 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7638904

hxrts 12y ago

fun video on how they found the images: https://vimeo.com/92583299 https://vimeo.com/92583299

spudlyo 12y ago

I seem to remember that Venus image came with Deluxe Paint. Adding a third eye to it seems like something fun you might do when messing around with cut & paste. You can watch him on stage working with Deluxe Paint here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BQCdI4qLjo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BQCdI4qLjo

sp332 12y ago

Posted about a month ago. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7638904 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7638904

iandanforth 12y ago

Every time I see discussion of Warhol I feel like I'm in the middle of mass hysteria, staring at a naked emperor. Everyone is entitled to their own artistic preference, but I blissfully imagine a day when people "come to their senses" and agree with me.

kitcar 12y ago
That's the beauty of art, different strokes for different folks. By the way, some people (like me) enjoy Warhol not for his actual artistic creations, but rather for shining a light on the absurdity of it all, akin to the storyline of "Exit through the gift shop". Personally, I don't get Barnett Newman's paintings - http://www.gallery.ca/en/see/collections/artwork.php?mkey=35828 http://www.gallery.ca/en/see/collections/artwork.php?mkey=35...
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nawitus 12y ago
Why do you place so much emphasis on what art other people value?
- netcan 12y ago
  Because he's a person and we're social animals. Because he's interested in art and wants to talk about it. I see nothing wrong with saying that art is good or bad and trying to convince people of your position.
- mcguire 12y ago
  Because iandanforth (and I, and you) get to be surrounded by the "art that other people value", to the point that it drowns out what he (and I and you) might actually prefer to be looking at.
netcan 12y ago
I think when something/someone gets famous, valuable or prestigious beyond a certain level it's all mass hysteria. Art is especially vulnerable to this kind of thing. NPR just did a podcast about Stradivarius violins. One just sold for $12m. There were pepsi challenge like experiments were players and instrument makers tried to pick the multi million dollar antiques from the crowd of regular high end ($10k+) violins. They couldn't. There are parallels for wine and other things. Almost everyone has come and gone from the inner circles of the high-art gallery world seem to report how many emperors are wearing high heels and penis gourds. I think this is easier for us to accept today than at any other time. We have a lot of 'famous for being famous' people today, so it's not hard to believe that it's possible. That said, I quite like Andy Warhol.