Rock It
This painting has a burnt umber hue. The title is like an old adage. It could mean to shake something or to put your all into an activity.
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March 08, 2022
Humorous and slightly macabre, Josh M. G. Yates’ Rock It is an Andy Warhol-inspired Pop Art painting with a bite. The first art historical reference that comes to mind is, of course, Andy Warhol's Skulls series of the 1970s. Yates, however, maintains some stylistic variations that firmly set him apart from his infamous Pop Art predecessor. Yates takes a more figurative approach than Warhol's (who is already quite figurative) and more accurately depicts every fissure and crevice of the skull’s anatomy. Most importantly, however, Yates removes all other visual stimuli besides the barren head from the composition. While Warhol blurs the edges of his skulls by overlaying silkscreen prints on top of each other and sets them against an, at minimum, two-tone background, Yates liberates the skull from any distractions so that the viewer will devote all their attention to it.
- Category
- Pop culture, Pop Art
- Type
- Painting - Unframed
- Materials
- Acrylic, Canvas
- Dimensions
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5.00 inches wide
5.00 inches tall
0.75 inches deep - Weight
- 0.10 lbs
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY, US