godard and warhol

Araki's work in cinema can be described as a combination of Godard's auteurism and Warhol's avant-garde style. He is an auteur, like Godard, with a unique aesthetic vision. Araki also incorporates Warhol's display of queer sex and uses elements of pop culture in his art. This fusion of styles creates a formalist approach in Araki's work. The comparisons of Godard and Warhol to Araki is a perfect description of where Araki's work lies in the universe of cinema. Araki is an auteur, a term first introduced in Godard's Politique des auteurs, a director whose art has a singular aesthetic vision, and thus the aesthetic vision defines their art. He also lies squarely in and amongst the avant-gardists like Warhol. Araki also has Warhol's penchant for displaying queer sex on screen, and is using everything pop culture into his art. The mix of both Warhol's ideologue style, where his environment and socio-economic status define the style of his work, and Godard's auteurism, creates the perfect catalyst of the style Greg Araki's work lives within—formalism.