Mark Warren " Nature Morte (Pablo & Andy)" 36" X 44" oil on linen
To my mind Picasso and Warhol came close to killing modern art. "But Mark", you might say, " I know you hate Andy but I thought you revered Picasso?" Yes but I feel the size of Picasso's achievement has left so little room to work in that "Modernism" was ripe for it's execution by the likes of Warhol. The only thing left was to suck any spiritual or expressive dimension out of painting and to complete modernism's self-fulfilling fantasy of it's own death. I f you think this view is reactionary you would be wrong. I accept Modernism's demise and it's lost principles of progress but remember Post-modernism is the new academy.
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