Saturday, February 6, 2010
Messing with Ray Messing with Elvis
You can scroll down to see the original Ray piece, Oedipus (Elvis # 1). It's one of his most known works in part due to the early Pop urges. Ray was making Warhol-esque moves before Warhol. But, for me, it's the glyphs pouring from Elvis' mouth that make it so cool. My goal here was to alter the Ray image in the same manner that Ray altered the Evlis photo. Look closely for the Seagram's "7" --Sebastian