Andy Warhol Green Car Crash
Car Crash
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“There’s a kind of invisible
conspiracy between technology
and human emotions which we’re
largely unaware of most of the time.”
—J. G. Ballard, Interview
Andy Warhol’s “Green Car Crash”—
Recently sold for 71.72 million dollars
Even more than his ”Lemon Marilyn”
The result of a car chase—
Here in Seattle ending up with
A young man harpooned by a spike
Left hanging from a telephone pole—
The stolen car a smoking wreck below
A grisly icon for voyeurs ever since
A gnarly twisted metallic face—
Surrealistically stares from the wreckage
Glowering from the Warhol collage
Do machines hate us?—
Do they envy our blood & guts Existence?
Do they get off on bloody car crashes?
Are cars homicidal killers?—
Is “Green Car Crash” a homoerotic crime?
Was the kid on the pole a victim?
__________________
“There’s a kind of invisible
conspiracy between technology
and human emotions which we’re
largely unaware of most of the time.”
—J. G. Ballard, Interview
Andy Warhol’s “Green Car Crash”—
Recently sold for 71.72 million dollars
Even more than his ”Lemon Marilyn”
The result of a car chase—
Here in Seattle ending up with
A young man harpooned by a spike
Left hanging from a telephone pole—
The stolen car a smoking wreck below
A grisly icon for voyeurs ever since
A gnarly twisted metallic face—
Surrealistically stares from the wreckage
Glowering from the Warhol collage
Do machines hate us?—
Do they envy our blood & guts Existence?
Do they get off on bloody car crashes?
Are cars homicidal killers?—
Is “Green Car Crash” a homoerotic crime?
Was the kid on the pole a victim?
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