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Contd ……………………… his death.
Mr. Warhol taught me that individuality can overcome all opposition in life and in art. When
you create something so unique and different from the norm, it takes years for the critics and
the art world to catch up with proper recognition and pricing, and embrace the new concept.
But as with all great artists as Van Gogh, Gauguin, Modigliani and Warhol, the pricing rises
with the rarity and uniqueness, of the process used. This is what makes the creation of a
masterpiece possible. The boldness to paint a vision that has never been painted before of
something so different and rare, that it becomes iconic, and represents the essence of the
artist; and his work.
"Warhol Naked" is my vision of a man who created "soup-cans" as art, and was laughed at by
the critics of his time, until he transformed himself into the most iconic-figure in the art
world. Most of the soup cans did not sell when they were first exhibited in 1962 at $100. The
lack of sales did not deter Warhol, in 1962, as it did not deter Van Gogh or Modigliani earlier.
Visionaries are free from the false concept of acceptance or non-acceptance of themselves, in
their ideas, or in their creations, which limits all non visionaries into accepting conventional
thinking instead of creating revolutionary ideas and artistic invention.
By the time of his death in 1987 Warhol was the most famous artist in the world. The bright,
bold, deeply shaped red, shining surface of the painting over the blue graffiti cosmic art
written with the word “Warhol”, in "bright-white" acrylic paint, symbolizes Warhol's triumph
over the art system of his time.
Now everything is considered art, and everyone an artist, because of Andy's work, in art and
film. Now everyone is a film maker. The freedom to be human, and try everything is the most
basic human right in the world. Warhol was the liberator, of the human artistic experience.
He was my friend, and this painting symbolizes my breakthrough in my own process of
becoming the best individually unique artist of my time, and shunning all art systems. Cosmic
Extensionalism Art is a direct result of the freedom I experienced when discussing art and
technique, with the most famous pop artist in the world, Andy Warhol.
WARHOL NAKED IS MY FINEST WORK, AND IN THE FUTURE WILL BE A LASTING ICON OF THIS CENTURY'S
MOST APPRECIATED, NEW ART. EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE FOR THE VISIONARY WHO BELIEVES IN THEIR
OWN WORK, AND THEIR OWN VISION. MOST PEOPLE AND ARTISTS IN THE WORLD ARE TAUGHT TO
BELIEVE IN THE VISION OF OTHERS. THE ORIGINAL PAINTING "WARHOL NAKED" IS MY FINEST VISION.
ARTIST JACK ARMSTRONG, September 14, 2017
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