Surrealism and Andy Warhol

I searched for a long time for the most surreal advertisement I could find and this was it.

I really liked the use of human bodies to form the artworks and the ladder that he climbed.

Last week we went to Andy Warhol. These were the people he painted and the people he should if he was alive today.

Who Would Andy Warhol Paint Today?
Gorbachov – Easily recognized (bullet wound), brought down communism.
Donald Trump – Mannerisms, (influence + wealth), his hair.
Rupert Murdock – vortex of media industry, cultural icon.
Jeffree Star – fashionable transvestite.
Scarlett Johansen – elegance and beauty.
Princess Diana – most photographed woman in the world.
Oprah – African-American success story, richest woman in America.
Heidi Klum - Fashion icon.
Jack Nicholson – post Silence of the Lambs.
Pope John Paul II – internationally renowned, Nobel Peace Prize winner, peace icon.
Michael Jackson – Many faces saga, distinctive.
Ozzy Osbourne – distinctive, drug addict.

Who Did Andy Paint?
Billie Holiday – pseudonym, imprisoned, drug abuse,
Tenessee Williams – pseudonym, Pulitzer Prize winner, gay.
Ethel Scull – no information found.
Bobby Stewart – no information found.
Tuesday Weld – pseudonym, Golden Globe winner, model, actress.
Elizabeth Taylor – many spouses, Academy Award winner, elegant.
Jackie Kennedy – Fashion icon, first lady, elegant beauty.
Marlon Brando – greatest movie actor of all time, won many awards.
Mao, Zedong - Chairman of Communist Party of China.
Elvis Presley – The King, cultural icon.
Natalie Wood – pseudonym, many successful Hollywood films.
Mick Jagger – pseudonym, knighted.
“Transvestites” - Transvestism is the practice of cross-dressing.
Marilyn Monroe – pseudonym, cultural and fashion icon, sex symbol, easily recognized (mole).
Sylvester Stallone – machoism icon, Hollywood action heroism star.
Truman Capote – wrote Breakfast at Tiffany’s, famous playwright.
Judy Garland – pseudonym, trouble with drugs, attempted suicide, many divorces.
Princess Julie of Monacco – no information found.
Victor Hugo – human rights activist, poet, wrote The Hunchback of Notre Dame, died in 1800’s.
Dennis Hooper – many spouses, many films.
Joseph Beuys – influential German artist.
Grace Jones – masculine, “Amazonic”, easily recognized.
Dominique de Menil – American Heiress, rich.
Ryuichi Sakamoto – Academy Award-winner, Grammy Winner.
Ivan Karp – no information found.
Aretha Franklin – The Queen of Soul.
Robert Mapplethorpe – nude photographer.
Henry Geldzahler – Contemporary artist.
Debbie Harry – new wave punk icon.
Dolly Parton – Trailer trash.