Warhol / Brillo Boxes and Screen tests

Magnet fine arts Warhol / Brillo
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Warhol is the philosophical artist whose work was to "transfigure the commonplace."

"You can't look at a Warhol without Thinking." Stephen Koch.

He infuriated critics and flummoxed aficionados with series such as the Brillo Boxes.

When he moved into film, he exasperated film lovers by re-defining the medium. Landmark art films included 8 hours of the Empire St Bldg in "Empire," and nearly an hour of a fellow eating a mushroom in "Eat."

His 5-minute film portraits called Screen Tests remain classics.

He answered interviewers and critics with naive, brainless answers, thus retaining the mystery in his work.

While people in the orbit of the factory were leading debauched lives, Warhol pursued his work and held the center.