Warhol / Chris Chan
| β | So far, the points between Andy Warhol and I are very much on point and par. I own up to my past and how it is depicted here. And it is a humbling honor to be compared with another great and unique artist and individual. πβ‘οΈπβ‘οΈ | β |
| Chris's Amazon review on the book. | ||
Warhol / Chris Chan, subtitled The Lifespan of American Pop Culture, or The Suppression of Reality, is a self-published fan book by Don Lashomb which subjectively compares the output of Chris with renowned modern artist Andy Warhol (who, unlike Chris, supposedly died a virgin).
The book was published via Amazon on 19 May 2021. Chris was made aware of it a few days later and commented on it over Twitter, taking issue with the book's focus on his sex life and sexually explicit art.[1] He purchased a copy of it and made his own cover for it as he didn't "have to feel bored in with looking at a pickle." Said pickle is a reference to the Warhol-designed cover art for the Velvet Underground's debut album The Velvet Underground and Nico. Upon browsing the book's Disclaimer chapter, Chris commented about a nitpick with its contents, insisting that his delusions were real. Aside from it, he mentioned liking the book so far and thanked the author, giving it a glowing five-star review.[2]
On 27 May, Chris recorded a cover of βIβll Be Your Mirrorβ by the Velvet Underground to promote the book.
Amazon listing description
"π°π ππππ π ππππ? πΆπ ππ ππππ πππ ππππ? A CRITICAL CONFRONTATION. What can we learn from comparing the two most unique cultural figures in living memory?
Warhol and Chris Chan: Both became famous while producing artwork that was often met with derision. Both became the focus of intense interest and curiosity. Their indelible personalities provoked fascination and laughter. In spite of their strangeness--or because of it--they reflect particularly pertinent aspects of the world around them. They are thought of as the oddest of oddities, and yet they represent the course of our society as a whole.
From bright Pop Art to sordid underground films, Andy Warhol portrayed an America that was both familiar and avant-garde. He carried a tape recorder everywhere and prophesized that in the future everyone would be famous just for being themselves. Several decades later, Chris Chan embodies Warhol's dream: Thanks to the internet Chris has become known worldwide, is constantly documented, observed, scrutinized, and made the subject of mass debate and media analysis.
Warhol worked to legitimize popular culture and give it the prestige of high art. But more recent generations have grown up breathing pop culture as if it were air. "Young at heart", people continue playing video games and collecting toys into adulthood, and favorite entertainment franchises are treated akin to religions. More than anyone else, Chris Chan emblematizes the excesses of this era.
This comprehensive study investigates the parallels and divergences between Warhol and Chris Chan, both of whom can be seen as bellwethers of cultural shifts. The two are compared in terms of how they relate to the following elements--from the fundamentals of life to the themes of our age:
β Names & Words
β Collecting & Hoarding
β Consumerism
β Technology & Media
β Women . . . Sex . Transgenderism . . Femdom
β Fame: Mythologies of Self & Multiverse
β Recording
A wide spectrum of knowledge is painstakingly drawn upon to analyze our two subjects from all angles. References and points of comparison are made to elements of:
β Art history
β Classic film
β Modernist literature
β Philosophy (from Plato to the postmodern)
β Popular music
β Psychology (especially psychoanalysis)
β Internet meme culture
Through pathos and ridiculousness, in an uncertain world that's constantly changing, we trace the human spirit as it passes from the golden age of Americana... through the high Warholian era... and now into Chris Chan's PokΓ© Ball.
So: π°π ππππ π ππππ? πΆπ ππ ππππ πππ ππππ? Read slowly and see.
(NOTE: Chris Chan's pronouns are indeed respected throughout this study. The author is proud to have earned the approval of Christine Chandler herself.)"
Product details
- ASIN : B095F3762C
- Publisher : Independently published (May 19, 2021)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 635 pages
- ISBN-13 : 979-8739475275
- Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
- Dimensions : 6 x 1.44 x 9 inches
Gallery
Cover of the book featuring a pickle in parody of Warhol's illustration for the cover of The Velvet Underground & Nico.
Chris's review of the book versus another customer's take.
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