Stefani Germanotta - Performance Artist or Pop Star?

Lady Gaga in my opinion has changed music in our generation forever. With her extremely unique outfits and catchy pop music she has captivated millions of people. I really am interested in her because I feel that she an incridible similarity to the famous Andy Warhol. Andy Warhol is known for his pop art, film making and amazing print making. I find them very similar because Gaga not only incorporates pop art into each and every outfit that she wears but also, she goes over the edge every single time she performs as if she's pushing limits. Pushing limits is what Andy Warhol did, and he did it well. He was unique, and so is Gaga.

In my opinion Lady Gaga has traits that would be consider her a Performance artist and also a Pop star. The fact that she incorporates art into her performances and outfits shows that she is a performance artist, she tries to have direct contact and communication with her audience, calling them her "Monsters". This is very similar to what a performance artist does, which convinces me that she is a performance artist. Also, Lady Gaga has released the most well known songs in the past few years. If i was to walk up to someone and say "Just Dance, Gonna be Okay", people would most definitely recognize the song. This applies to most of her songs as they are very catchy. I think it's incredible that someone making music these days has the ability to incorporate both of these amazing performance styles. Not only is Lady Gaga changing music like others have in the past, but she's changing the way art is incorporated into music, more than anyone else has.