2002-02-10 - 4:27 p.m.
TATE MODERN ANDY WARHOL OMISSION
Tate Modern briefs the public for its current Andy Warhol exhibition with the Warhol quote: "just look at the surface of my paintings.... and there I am", which hints at some significant presence to be found.
The Tate fails to continue the quote with the words that follow: "There's nothing behind it", which is a somewhat less impressive promotion of the ouevre and, despite being the artist's own admission, is one the Tate might well not be keen to make.
It is after all an analysis that applies equally well to most of the Tate's contemporary stars, as evidenced annually at the Turner Prize.
It is significant that it should have come from Warhol, the inaugurator of the Postmodern stance in the visual arts that the celebrity of the artist takes precedence over the need for any worth in the work.
