by Victoria L.
Andy Warhol’s Silver Clouds is one of the first artworks viewers experience when visiting the Warhol: Fabricated Exhibition. It is an essential piece of the exhibition because of the qualities it allows you to experience. The audience can be at one with the art as well as free their inner child. To achieve this, Warhol uses childish aspects within Silver Clouds; he focuses on both their visual and interactive playfulness. As children, we were obsessed with balloons and wanting to touch anything of value. Silver Clouds lets you express these childish obsessions and appreciate what Andy Warhol once did. Young children develop a fascination with their reflection in mirrors and using their imagination to describe the different objects that clouds resemble. For that reason, Warhol’s decision to use the reflective material was a very efficient way to demonstrate these features. Children imagine clouds as fluffy, huggable objects. Warhol brings these characteristic to life through Silver Clouds. The clouds are usually close to the ceiling making viewers feel small; the out of reach feature and the large atmosphere captures this childish quality. And though it is a stunning piece just up above barely in motion, the real magic begins when the fans are turned on. The clouds will begin to circulate about; they then start to collide slightly into each other, walls and the viewers. The clouds let you feel their slick material and simply push them back into the air. The clouds’ reflection of the white walls captures different tones of real clouds. The rectangular shape of the clouds allows the clouds to be more dynamic with more edges to bounce off of objects. Warhol reassures all things are possible through art when bringing the sky to the inside world; he presents the opportunity to release the inner child.
Andy Warhol’s Silver Clouds is one of the first artworks viewers experience when visiting the Warhol: Fabricated Exhibition. It is an essential piece of the exhibition because of the qualities it allows you to experience. The audience can be at one with the art as well as free their inner child. To achieve this, Warhol uses childish aspects within Silver Clouds; he focuses on both their visual and interactive playfulness. As children, we were obsessed with balloons and wanting to touch anything of value. Silver Clouds lets you express these childish obsessions and appreciate what Andy Warhol once did. Young children develop a fascination with their reflection in mirrors and using their imagination to describe the different objects that clouds resemble. For that reason, Warhol’s decision to use the reflective material was a very efficient way to demonstrate these features. Children imagine clouds as fluffy, huggable objects. Warhol brings these characteristic to life through Silver Clouds. The clouds are usually close to the ceiling making viewers feel small; the out of reach feature and the large atmosphere captures this childish quality. And though it is a stunning piece just up above barely in motion, the real magic begins when the fans are turned on. The clouds will begin to circulate about; they then start to collide slightly into each other, walls and the viewers. The clouds let you feel their slick material and simply push them back into the air. The clouds’ reflection of the white walls captures different tones of real clouds. The rectangular shape of the clouds allows the clouds to be more dynamic with more edges to bounce off of objects. Warhol reassures all things are possible through art when bringing the sky to the inside world; he presents the opportunity to release the inner child.
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