Dr. Debra Miller presented an informative, witty, insider view to Andy Warhol and his critics as compared to past masters like Caravaggio who was also harshly and publicly criticized by his contemporaries.  Dr. Deb writes arts reviews for the Inferno and like DoN prefers not to write bad reviews, but, some reviewers get more exposure for being nasty and saying dismissive statements in the press.  Andy Warhol would have now have been 80 years old, Dr. Deb’s slideshow included lots of clues and tips to the content of his work, it was great seeing the Andy Warhol Superstars being compared to Birth of Venus and Vermeer’s use of the camera obscura compared to Andy’s appropriation of newspaper images for his Death & Disaster series.

The Sunday afternoon lecture was fun and interactive, Dr. Deb Miller’s fact filled, myth busting monolog followed with a great Q&A is a terrific way to pick up quips and quotes:

• image hunger of the masses
• the cheaper more despicable the better – Lucy Lippard
• the reason Andy painted soup is because he ate it everyday