Andy Warhol's Silver Car Crash: Double Disaster

One of the artists that I really liked is Andy Warhol; Andy was born in Pittsburgh, he was one of the leading figures that started the visual art movement known as pop art. My favorite artwork from Andy is silver car crash; silver Car Crash (Double Disaster) portrays a body twisted in the mangled interior of a silver car. This painting was made in 1963 when Andy Warhol was at the age of 35. It is the last painting of the Warhol that was left in private hands. The painting is 8 by 13 feet in dimensions, and it was displayed only once in public during the last 26 years. The artwork was held for 20 years. In November 2013, there was 5 people who actually fought for the painting, they bid for the silver car crash, bringing the price to $105 million. The final price was above the expectations of the organizers, because the painting was estimated at $60-80 million. The price broke the previous record paid for a Warhol …show more content…
The album “meat is murder” by the smiths seems almost the same as the painting from andy Warhol; they both have square images of the same image, they use the same type of color. I feel like the smiths was inspired by andy Warhol paitining that they decided to use it for one of their albums. Another album that reminds me a lot from Andy paiting is The Smiths' self-titled debut, the band used an image of 1960s actor and sex symbol Joe Dallesandro. One of andy Warhol pupil. So the artwork for Andy Warhol inspired in the smiths an album, that’s why I could connect the both things. Another reason why I really enjoy the artwork for Warhol is because the way he uses and matches the colors, he mixes them up and they look very crazy but organize at the same time. The painting silver car crash reminds me of the song “there is a light that never goes out” from the smiths because there is a line in the song that I feel that matches the painting or at least reminds me of it a