Headlines

I had the fortunate experience to see HEADLINES at the national gallery over winter break. The exhibition features work by Andy Warhol that captures a unique american identity in a visual form and comments on the view of the world through mass media. This correlates with my current project in which i am exploring the western view of commercial and cultural identity in post-occupation japan. In the piece featured above, Andy is collaborating with another artist to broaden the spectrum of view of the subject depicted. By collaborating with another artist the piece is able to exemplify two unique perspectives of the same image; in the same way that binoculars would provide a more detailed experience than a pirate's spyglass. In my project i am only using my lens of experience but am applying it to an international idea of cross-cultural material consumption; similar to Warhol's piece featuring Mao in the Headlines series.