16 Jackies, 1964
"...Since his death, critics and curators have revealed more and more that is impressive about Warhol. He really did, at his best, have an extraordinary vision of modern life. But the Warhol redemption has reached saturation point. You can feel that in the current Hayward Gallery exhibition, Invisible, in which the weakest (works) just seem glib. Even... by the end of the 60s, Warhol is churning out print
runs that recreate his early Campbell's soup paintings. The sweet pedantry of the originals
is replaced by glossy production values and easy money. The desire to
exploit his own fame is not even concealed. Here we start to see Bad
Andy, the source of so much that is cynical and empty in the art of
today." More>>