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This original painti g displayed on the front cover and opposite page is acrylic on canvas was
painted in 2001. "WARHOL NAKED" is my seminal piece in the creation of Cosmic
Extensionalism a technique of art I founded in 1999, and is individually exclusive to myself.
Mr. Warhol taught me that individuality can overcome all opposition in life and in art. When you
create something so unique and di erent from the norm, it takes years for the criti s and the art
world to catch up with proper recognitio and pricing, and embrace the new concept. But as
with all great arti ts 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
di erent and rare, that it becomes iconic, and represents the essence of the arti t; and his work.
"Warhol Naked" is my vision of a man who created "soup-cans" as art, and was laughed at by
the criti s of his ti e, until he transformed himself into the most iconic-fig re in the art world.
Most of the soup cans did not sell when they were fi st 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 accepti g conventiona
thinking instead of creati g revolutiona y ideas and arti ti invention
By the ti e of his death in 1987 Warhol was the most famous arti t in the world. The bright,
bold, deeply shaped red, shining surface of the painti g over the blue gra ti cosmic art wri en
with the word “Warhol”, in "bright-white" acrylic paint, symbolizes Warhol's triumph over the
art system of his ti e.
Now everything is considered art, and everyone an arti t, because of Andy's work, in art and
film. Now everyone is a fil 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 arti ti experience. He
was my friend, and this painti g symbolizes my breakthrough in my own process of becoming
the best individually unique arti t of my ti e, 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 arti t 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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