Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley portrait with his characteristic cheeky,enticing smile

Elvis Presley was an american singer and actor born in Tupelo in 1935 and died in his house in Memphis in 1977. He was called the King of the Rock& Roll or just King. Well , As every person writing about Elvis I can't resist to write : Elvis Presley was a person who changed a lot in a pop culture. He was not only the very charyzmatic singer but also by many he is thought to be the symbol of sex. His provocative and scandalize hip-shaking moves made him popular and caught attention of young generation. I keep wondering what new I can write about person who have fan clubs in all over the world? Whose name knows every third person in the world . . . 
 

 

The King & Andy Warhol

The person of Elvis inspired many artists including Andy Warhol who in the early 1960s  produced several life-sized portraits of him,  By 1963, when this painting was made, Elvis was being overshadowed by a new generation of performers, and his career was on the decline.
In Double Elvis, Warhol created a strobe effect by overlapping two images of the singer. The silver background conveys a sense of glamour, while also serving a practical purpose—the opacity of the spray paint allowed Warhol to easily mask and silkscreen multiple images on top of each other. . The artist’s interest in film might explain why he created Elvis in double—the singer/actor appears to be moving back and forth, as if in a film strip.
 

Nat Finkelstein. Andy, Bob Dylan, and Elvis. 1965

Double Elvis

Andy Warhol
(American, 1928–1987)

Summarizing

In 1977 the career of the singer was felling into collapse. He had a significant overweight and according to mean onces  "  has become a caricature of himself"

 After his death many legends  appeared. Once of them said that he is still alive but don't reviel himself to the public. Which tread was used in the film Mysterious Train.(Jimmy Jarmusch).