Think (Andy Warhol)

In this homage to Andy Warhol, the artist multiplies techniques. At the center of the work, two press images are sewn together: Andy Warhol's head is sewn onto the body of an anonymous man, whose imposing decor suggests his importance. The yellow seams are visible, provocative. Above this assemblage is the word "Think", the title of the series. The color yellow, so dear to the artist, is the sole source of color in the work, and refers to his homage to Yves Klein's International Klein Blue (IKB). Indeed, in 1985, Aurèle Ricard took the same steps as Klein to create his own color and patent it. The work is part of a series, a practice particularly favored by the artist. It is through this principle that he explores all the plastic possibilities of his thought, and gives his works a force that plays between creation and destruction. In both his gestures and his work, Aurèle Ricard calls for change, taking as his starting point a duality that he wishes to preserve and even exacerbate.