ANDRE VON MORISSE, Meeting Andy Warhol, The Inability of Meeting Someone Famous Objectively, 2013

This painting is part of a series of paintings from the series titled: The Inability of Meeting Someone Famous Objectively (2013).

This series of works deals with the psychology of celebrity, the illusion of realism in painting and its relationship to photography. The artist painted a black and white portrait of someone famous, gave it a "photo" look, so you think you are looking at a 'photographic' image of the actual person. Then, he uses the medium of painting without breaking the "photo illusion". On the painting he draws a symbol. The symbol has to relate to the celebrity most recognizable achievement. The result is a complete contradiction of form and space between the realistic image and the symbol. The illusion of reality in painting is like the illusion of objectivity in the real world. Just like meeting someone objectively, without the filter of who we are is impossible.