Artist Spotlight: Andy Warhol Eats a Hamburger

I first read about Warhol in a book. I still don’t know what to make of him. I have a feeling I will be looking to him in the future as a way to better understand myself as an artist, and maybe a few tips on how to handle myself when the time comes. I feel I can learn a lot from Andy Warhol on being an artist. Of course no one can teach you how to be an artist, but I feel as if Warhol can teach me about how to handle to pressures and responsibilities that come with being an artist. To a certain extent anyway.

This video, is beyond me. I will have to look it up and find out his motive behind it. I think that is good art. The kinda stuff that makes you go…now what was this guy thinking? Not in a negative way that makes you question his sanity but in a way that fills you with wonder and amazement. Of course I see it like the typical person as well. ‘Whats so great about eating a burger people do it all the time.’

I enjoy how Warhol gives the impression…the tension that he is about to speak at the end of the video, and in fact he does, but not exactly how you thought he would. He breathes in deeply as if preparing to say something very deep and thoughtful, maybe something to explain himself and why he filmed himself doing something all of us do everyday. Eating. He never does, and his only words besides a mumble about the ketchup not coming out the bottle is. “My name is Andy Warhol and I just ate a Hamburger.”