I was recently disturbed by an epiphany that led to my appreciation of the philsophy embedded in Warhol’s many limited edition silkscreen reproductions of mass produced consumer products and manufactured celebrities, when once upon a time, I would have naively brushed off his works with a WTF?!    



I almost feel that admitting to the occasional literary indulgence in the Shopaholics series… in the name of stress-busting therapy, is less hazardous to my intellectual disposition. Oops.

And then, there was Bansky. 

But, give anything a second glance, and you could learn to appreciate it. Besides, if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. Without these wise old words urging me to open up my mind, I would have given influential French street artist, Zevs, no more than half a passing glance. 

 


 

Zevs’ Liquidated Logos series struck 3 chords of familiarity in me:

1. Warhol – consumer brands as subject

2. Bansky - graffiti aesthetic

3. Zeng Fan Zhi -  dissolving effect

In a 2008 interview with PingMag, Zevs said that by pouring over them, the logo dissolves in front of the viewer’s eyes, drawing attention to, and visually disturbing the recognisable and omnipresent trademark. By doing so, I try to investigate the logo’s visual power.



 thangdynasty is a work-in-progress maintained by an accidental equity trader whose brief foray into the world of investments turned out… not so brief. Although unmotivated by the senseless pursuit of money in and for itself, she remains sadistically intrigued by the complex anatomy stealthily at work behind the whole spectrum of Markets – Fine Art, Financial, Fish and Fools. A budding art collector and supporter of emerging artists, she slogs to prevent collateral damage to her bank account resulting from occasional manic art buying sprees. thangdynasty joue au Poker avec les marchés financiers de jour et essaye de se racheter de nuit en se montrant a la autour de son nom.