Head Over Heart

Works in Jan’s Totems series present icons, objects, and scenes as metaphors for reflection on current events and themes relevant to contemporary living.

Head Over Heart is a reflection on the work of art-superstar Andy Warhol, who loved reflective silver so much that he had his midtown Manhattan factory wallpapered in tin foil, and he experimented on his ‘Silver Factory’s’ rooftop with silver balloons that laid the groundwork for Jeff Koons’ blow-up pool toys.

“Warhol’s work was genius, though it was almost completely cerebral – and by that, I mean all ‘head,’ and not much ‘heart.’”

“The central premise of his work – of using the tools of mass-production and fame to reflect on the experience of living in an age of mass-production. consumerism, and consumable ‘stardom,’ was an artistic and philosophical break-through pacing up from Marcel Duchamp and Francis Picabia, and which remains as relevant today as it was when he transitioned from being a commercial illustrator to a gallery artist in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s. His work has laid the groundwork for so much of my and others’ market-referential work.”