Andy Berger Rebel Without A Cause

Through the use of bright “modern” neon colors, the character's physique and posture, and adaptation of modern “pop-art” style, the artist portrays the message of rebelling against the classical American society's norms and promotes the importance of trying new things. The painting oozes with bright colors and happiness, but behind all that sends one important message. The message of not being afraid to stand out. Berger, a world-known art critic, had this belief that pictures help us jump to conclusions before words can. We tend to believe what our eyes see, more than what our mind reads. “Seeing comes before words. The child looks and recognizes before it can speak” (Berger). Why would I trust anything more than what I have seen with my own
Without doing any research and background checks on the artist and going off with my previous knowledge I know that the painter, Andy Warhol, gave birth to the pop-art style. I haven't ever seen this painting, Rebel Without a Cause, but I do know many other works from him from my previous art classes. His best-known painting includes a bunch of Campbell's soup cans, but with an Andy Warhol twist. The painting also oozes of bright colors like this one and repeats the same image in multiple places. The picture has a similar style because the model has his outline repeated twice side by side in the painting. Also, the title of the painting, Rebel Without a Cause, literally included the one word I've kept saying throughout this paper, rebellion. The title also explains what the Asian symbols are doing in a painting of James Dean. Rebellion can happen when things start going bad, unfair, or even good but can be better. Rebellion can happen whenever for whatever reason. In this painting, the model probably wants to dress different just because he enjoys his style more than what he values the thoughts of other people around