> I'm running out the door but, quickly, what gets lost in talk about
> how new Warhol was, is how traditional he was. My favorite stuff is
> very early. The suicide, car crash, and electric chair series are in
> the tradition of Goya's Caprichos. Later he lost that thread and
> started painting portraits of the rich and famous. But I don't need
> to point out that this was also traditional.
>
Agreed. Yes the early work did connect to Goya, and that was my very first impression when I saw them. And yes he definitely lost that edge and its potential as social critique. It stopped about the time of the dollar bill painting.
I am also late for work, so later...
CG