Filed under: Britney Spears Art, If Artist X painted Celebrity X, Lindsay Lohan Art, Paris Hilton Art
American artist and filmmaker Andy Warhol’s enthrallment with celebrities inspired him to create a series of mass-produced silk screen portraits which aside from the soup can, would later become his most recognized work. According to art critic Robert Hughes, Warhol’s colorful and repetitive celebrity portraits “speak eloquently about the condition of image overload in a media saturated culture.” Image overload, such an appropriate choice of words. What would Andy Warhol think of today’s oversaturated celebrities? Which photos would he choose to create his portraits? The photo of Lindsay Lohan passed out with her mouth agape after yet another night of boozing was seen all over the internet and tabloids. It even landed on the cover of People along with the headline, “From adorable child star to out-of-control party girl arrested for DUI.” After Britney Spears shaved her head and went nuts, she was photographed close up, wild-eyed and snarling at the paparazzi stalking her. The photo is sure to become one of the more iconic images ever taken of her. Oh, and speaking of image overload, let’s not forget Paris Hilton. I think if Andy were alive today, he’d choose to paint Paris Hilton’s ass instead of her face. I’m sure Andy would have done Nicole Richie, but artist Damien Hirst beat him to it.
Posted by 14 ♦ June 5, 2007
At 2:57 am midevil said:
Brilliant! Let’s get Dali in there next.
June 5, 2007
At 4:22 am viki said:
this is so sad , but true.andy warhol wasnt american tho
June 5, 2007
At 5:22 am Maybelline Jones said:
Best post ever!
June 5, 2007
At 6:03 am Wendy Wayrad said:
These are (as they said in the ’90s) “OFF THE HOOK.”
Someone turn these into screen tees, STAT. I want one of each in a size small, please.
June 5, 2007
At 6:30 am scooter said:
These little skanks are soooo sad!!! Their parents should be arrested for what they have done to their daughters!!!! Seriously!!! SOOOO SADDDDDD!!!!!!!!
June 5, 2007
At 7:38 am Clementines said:
Oh it’s perfect if you only added the unsightly cottage cheese indents and lumps to brit’s butt and legs.
June 5, 2007
At 8:05 am angel said:
Andy Warhol wasn’t American? You probably think Pittsburg is in India. At least we know you’re an American, Viki.
June 5, 2007
At 9:05 am Rachel said:
Love the link to the diamond-encrusted skull in reference to Nicole Richie!
June 5, 2007
At 10:14 am DonnaJEM said:
I googled Andy just to make sure and he was born in Pittsburgh PA. Sounds American to me.
I would hope that Mr. Warhol would be too cool for school to paint these idiots. Maybe he’d be too old anyway, and seeing Lind’s boobies, Brit’s baldness (both ends) and Paris’s taint all the time, could have given him a heart attack.
June 5, 2007
At 10:52 am Demon Kitty said:
Britney, Lindsay, and Paris are the genital warts on the media, saturated, consumer, and ostentatious, crotch/anus of America.
You are such a genius 14! I think you should write a book. You are an inspiration!
PS The look on Britney’s face is just classic. Reminds me of my former boss, day in and day out.
-jackie
June 5, 2007
At 11:33 am Jess said:
I second the motion for these to be made into T’s. Especially the Britney one. Classic.
June 5, 2007
At 1:13 pm Ok said:
he was born in Pittsburgh but his family’s origin is Carpatho-Rusyn, bordering Ukraine. His name was changed. It was initially Warchola.
June 5, 2007
At 1:22 pm viki said:
he was born in Pittsburg , but his parents were from Slovakia.morons, thats not his real name god…
June 5, 2007
At 1:38 pm Erin said:
ROFL at the Damien Hirst reference!! Well done!
June 5, 2007
At 1:43 pm Jennifer Smith said:
I can only say that these are the absolute best “if Andy Warhol” paintings I have ever seen. I especially love the drool on Lindsay Lohan that was oh so carefully included.
Awesome!
June 5, 2007
At 1:47 pm viki said:
he was born in Pittsburg, but his parents are from Slovakia. And why would i ever think that Pittsburg is in India??wtf?
June 5, 2007
At 2:30 pm RAH! said:
“this is so sad , but true.andy warhol wasnt american tho
Posted by: viki | June 05, 2007 at 04:22 AM
he was born in Pittsburg, but his parents are from Slovakia. And why would i ever think that Pittsburg is in India??wtf?
Posted by: viki | June 05, 2007 at 01:47 PM”
ANGEL WAS BEING SARCASTIC!!!!!!!! ANGEL WAS RESPONDING TO YOUR POST CLAIMING THAT ANDY WARHOL WAS NOT AMERICAN, WHEN IN FACT, HE WAS.
June 5, 2007
At 3:00 pm mvr said:
Viki- even if his parents were born elsewhere, if he was born in America, then he IS american, EVEN if his name was changed.
June 5, 2007
Anonymous
At 3:19 pm Anonymous said:
“he was born in Pittsburg , but his parents were from Slovakia.morons, thats not his real name god…
Posted by: viki | June 05, 2007 at 01:22 PM”
GOSH, VICKI, YOU SHOULD GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT BEFORE YOU START CALLING PEOPLE MORONS…GAAAAAAWWD!
cit·i·zen
–noun
1. a native or naturalized member of a state or nation who owes allegiance to its government and is entitled to its protection
Under the Fourteenth Amendment, “all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.” A person born outside of the U.S. to parents who were born or naturalized in the U.S. is also a citizen of the U.S. A corporation is not considered a citizen for purposes of the privileges and immunities clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. A corporation is, however, deemed a citizen of the state in which it is incorporated or has its principal place of business for purposes of diversity jurisdiction.
June 5, 2007
Dottie
At 3:39 pm Dottie said:
Truths:
1) Andy Warhol is American, born and raised and even more patriotic than today’s average American citizen.
2) 14 is a GENIUS.
June 5, 2007
At 4:03 pm Melanie Cipher said:
The Lindsay, for some reason, strikes me as especially classic.
June 5, 2007
At 4:08 pm LP said:
Love the Warhol tribute 14! The sharp colors make those images pop.
Regarding the images…Back in the day, they would say that all these young ladies were just sewing their wild oats. Don’t they all look like their having fun????
Not too long ago, Lindsey’s mom was quoted saying that we just don’t understand Lindsey. I think we do, she looks pretty strung out. Maybe it’s her Mom that doesn’t understand Lindsey. Wake-up “Mom” & stop enabling.
June 5, 2007
At 4:19 pm Bubbles53 said:
In particular, I am loving the lone zit on Paris’s ass.
June 5, 2007
At 4:20 pm Fabiola Thing said:
Sigh.
You know whow they say “Don’t engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed person”?
The same applies here. The ignorant and undereducated (and proud of it) should just be ignored.
June 5, 2007
At 4:45 pm Dustin said:
how can i but copys of these? i love them they should be posters or somthing
June 5, 2007
At 5:46 pm Mary said:
I want a snarling, neon Britney t-shirt too!
June 5, 2007
At 5:53 pm Marie said:
Seriously…
What superlatives are left for you? ;D
June 5, 2007
At 5:56 pm jerkygirl said:
Ha ha ha ha!!! The Britney (4 Times) is my favorite. I think that is the greatest picture of her, ever–equal to the Mr. Clean one.
And Bubbles53, I think that “lone zit” on Paris’ well-ventilated patushka is actually a herpe (herpie? herpy? what is the singular form of herpes???)
Well played, 14!!!
June 5, 2007
At 8:10 pm Demon Kitty said:
Ooooo, you changed it around!!!!! I am laughing so hard. For some reason, this version is fucking hilarious!!!!!!!!!! That close up of Lindsay drooling. That insane bald Britney!!!! Haaaaaaahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaah!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Paris is lifting up her dress. I hope she gets body lice in prison!!!!!!!
June 5, 2007
At 1:53 am Fremder said:
The Lindsay and Britney are classic; Paris, not so much. I’d like Lindsay on a tee without drool, please — it distracts from her angry look.
By the way, how can you look angry even when you’re in a half-coma?
June 6, 2007
At 5:55 am viki said:
yes, youre right im sorry. im so sorry , i forgot that everything good comes from america, and the fact that he was born in Pittsburg makes him 100% american.please dont continue this retarded arguement
June 6, 2007
At 9:21 am JSP said:
For one thing, it’s PittsburgH, with an h.
For another, born within the borders of America makes one American. He was, however, of Rusyn descent and ethnicity.
Andy was a Pittsburgher, even if Pittsburgh never had any use for him until he was dead and they could stick his stuff in a museum that they don’t publicize enough anyway.
And no, not everything that comes from this country is good. Not by a very long shot.
June 6, 2007
At 9:29 am Alyssa said:
Actually Midevil, Warhol was American, he was born in Pennsylvania
June 6, 2007
At 9:31 am kerry said:
Someone should learn to spell PIITSBURGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 6, 2007
At 9:34 am 14 said:
Oh goodness, I love you commentors. Your contributions, opinions and debate make my blog so much more entertaining…even when you’re arguing about Pittsburgh. Thank you.
xoxo
14
June 6, 2007
At 9:48 am midevil said:
I Did Not make the comment about Andy Warhol’s citizenship!
My common is posted Above My Name!!!
June 6, 2007
At 9:52 am midevil said:
Ooops..
“comment,” not “common…”
June 6, 2007
At 10:55 am CatLady said:
Treeeeeeeeeeemendous. Andy would have loved to see that he is still the talk of the town! Cudos to all of you up on your Warhol history…
I’m an afficionado of Warhol trivia, and indeed Andy was an American. His parents immigrated to the U.S. years before his birth - he was born, raised, and buried in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
TA-DA~
June 6, 2007
At 5:45 pm Viper Tetsu said:
Flip-flopping the paintings provides a nice mind-fuck to the day. And I gotta agree that the Lindsay-drool is the piece de resistance. Any way you color it, ’tis magic.
Usually I’m moved to all manner of verbal diarrhea by your fine work, but I’m too busy laughing my ass off. And I’m too busy contemplating how the portraitured trio of trollops has proven Andy Warhol’s axiom about 15 minutes of fame to be true. Except for the fact that (with these three), it’s been one excruciatingly long fucking 15 minutes that must end. Now.
June 6, 2007
At 5:57 pm Kai said:
What a life I have when I look at the bottom picture and think, “her ass doesn’t look droopy enough”. I don’t even know what my own ass looks like! (Because it is, you know, where I am unable to see and I have yet to check out my own tuckis in a mirror). All I’m saying is I know Paris’s ass better than mine. Ugh! I gotta take a shower.
(Your token Jewish commenter)
June 6, 2007
At 7:04 pm nathen. said:
haha oh my god, you. are. genius.
June 6, 2007
morgueann
At 7:04 pm morgueann said:
i really like this a lot. have you seen the warhol-esque work Banksy did of Paris, with the pink hue and black drips from her mouth?
reminds me of that. i like it a lot.
June 6, 2007
At 9:15 pm Knox Bronson said:
I am a Warhol fanatic and this is a masterpiece. I’ve never seen a better tribute/imitation. Your sense of (his) color is impeccable.
You are sooooooo bad, 14: good bad, not evil, I mean. Like in the song “He’s a Rebel.” That’s why I, and many others, like you so much!
June 6, 2007
Carla
At 3:49 am Carla said:
If you’re into Lindsay, go here –> http://www.myspace.com/tristanprettyman and listen to Lindsay Goes Back to Rehab
June 7, 2007
At 4:59 am sushibananas said:
Hey 14! Love, love, love your art! The Andy Warhol painting of Paris cracks me up. I love the one yellow dot on her left cheek and the one pink dot on her right cheek. Just enough to hint disease! Please paint more of your ideas of her in jail. You’ve got such an imagination! Love it! Keep up the good work! ;p
June 7, 2007
At 6:45 pm ambika said:
I’ve always loved this blog but this? This is brilliance.
June 7, 2007
At 7:04 pm Demon Kitty said:
” ….. trollops has proven Andy Warhol’s axiom about 15 minutes of fame to be true. Except for the fact that (with these three), it’s been one excruciatingly long fucking 15 minutes that must end. Now.”
Ha ha ahahahahahahahahahashahahaaaaaaaa!!!!!!! Viper you are a genius!! The media and these bitches have beat their meat for attention over and over again!! I am sorry to say that the excruciating 15 minutes will probably continue until we all die and go to hell.
June 7, 2007
At 7:15 pm Demon Kitty said:
Whose cock did Paris suck to get out of jail? Suicidal my ass! That bitch isn’t going to kill herself! Not a narcissist!
June 7, 2007
Peta
At 7:20 pm Peta said:
Slightly off-topic, and I guess that Paris painting would just about cover it, but what will you have in store for us now that Paris has flown the coup with the excuse of a ‘rash’?
June 7, 2007
At 5:51 am Thorne Smith said:
Wow, 14. I think your Warhol-esque Paris painting may have uncovered the source of the “rash” that help spring Paris from the clink. Untreated, I bet that lil’ bugger went to town.
By the way, your Britney quad paiting must be made into a t-shirt. That is a thing of repulsive beauty.
June 8, 2007
At 7:06 am Jason said:
You always take it to the next level. If you put these on imagekind I’ll buy them! Keep up the brilliant work.
June 8, 2007
At 8:47 am Lee Cherolis said:
I think I can see another wart on Paris’s left cheek. Am I seeing double? That color combination is buzzing my eyes.
And I include my vote for T-shirts of these masterpieces, though I don’t know how the original images rights would be handled.
June 8, 2007
At 9:58 am TB said:
“would hope that Mr. Warhol would be too cool for school to paint these idiots. Maybe he’d be too old anyway, and seeing Lind’s boobies, Brit’s baldness (both ends) and Paris’s taint all the time, could have given him a heart attack.”
Not likely, seeing as he’s been dead for almost 20 years now.
June 8, 2007
At 10:09 am Cristina said:
BEST. POST. EVER.
T-SHIRTS PLEASE!!!
June 8, 2007
At 11:04 am DonnaJEM said:
no shit
I meant to say “I hope that he would have been too cool” meaning in the past tense, if he were alive today.
June 8, 2007
At 11:42 am midevil said:
Looks like Paris is back to court. What ever will you come up with now?
June 8, 2007
At 12:17 pm Demon Kitty said:
Does anyone want to see a picture of Paris crying as the police take her ass to court? It’s ok. Experience the Schadenfreude, embrace it, - it’s ok - love it, it’s OK to get immense pleasure out of seeing Paris Hilton in utter misery. She’s had it coming for so long. And if you have any doubts whatsoever about this issue, this is what Paris’ old friend told Howard Stern, “Parish has invented her own language which she uses to insult people.” That should drive it home. I mean, I think people suck in general, but fucking hell if I ever invented my own language to insult the human race!
Paris is a cunt.
June 8, 2007
At 2:31 pm Chansmom said:
Oh, Jeez! I can’t help snorting with laughter when I see these. Paris certainly provides a lot of things to laugh at. Now that she’s back in the slam, I can’t wait to see what you’re doing next.
June 8, 2007
Alea
At 7:15 am Alea said:
That is hilarious! Nice work
June 11, 2007
At 9:48 pm tito toti said:
I love it. ja buenisimo.. papa. espectacular… madanden mailing with more information
June 13, 2007
At 6:07 pm jimvox said:
Awesome, 14. I’ll take a 4 bald britney t too (and I’m an old fart). As for the rest of you -
LP: “SOWING their wild oats”
viki: “PITTSBURGH” (as noted by JSP)
catlady: “KUDOS” “AFICIONADO”; EMIGRATED TO or IMMIGRATED FROM, but not IMMIGRATED TO
Peta: “flown the COOP”
Learn to use the language properly or don’t bother to post, you only illustrate your ignorance - something we have far too much of in this country already.
Thank you JSP, Fabiola Thing, Viper Tetsu (”portraitured trio of trollops” - nicely done!), DonnaJEM, Demon Kitty et al - and of course 14 - for getting it right.
June 15, 2007
At 5:51 am tan said:
the nichole ritchie/Damien Hirst comment made me laugh until i peed!!!!!!!!
June 28, 2007
At 12:15 am Javelin said:
it’s sad how I recognized Paris Hilton’s ass before reading the post.
the Britney montage is awesome… I love that look on her face, like she just bit off a chicken’s head.
November 15, 2007