Kirin Beer (from the Homage to Andy Portfolio), Screenprint Sunday B. Morning Instead of portraying Elvis Presley

Instead of portraying Elvis Presley with a guitar

the instantly iconic artwork pops with a vivid neon light in hot pink and yellow

Andy didn't really know what he was doing

the iconicity of the image feels distilled—less like spectacle

so I feel this art piece is fittingly “Warholesque” by aiming for the same

Kirin Beer (from the Homage to Andy Portfolio), Screenprint Sunday B. Morning Instead of portraying Elvis PresleyKirin Beer is from the Homage to Andy Portfolio by Rupert Jasen Smith. Often mentioned but rarely discussed in detail, Rupert Jasen Smith (1953 1989) was Andy Warhols preferred master silkscreen printer and art director from roughly 1974 until his death in 1987. This grants Smith an essential role in the Warhol cannon, as Warhol produced roughly half of all his printed works in the decade leading up to this death. This was due to the proliferation of