One of my favorite Warhols, from a suite of silkscreens based on Italian Renaissance paintings. This one's source is St. George and the Dragon, and I love that wing and tail and her expression. I have a lot of history with Andy Warhol, never met the man, but he was just getting started with his supernova career when I was in art school and held up as an example, and then much later, after his death, I worked as a curator's assistant at the Warhol Foundation's office while they were preparing his substantial archives for the big Christie's auction. Madhouse, I have to say. Very fabulous, but the cast of characters and their never ending personal dramas were fascinating. Lots of juicy gossip, but not tonight.
Friday, July 24, 2009
One of my favorite Warhols, from a suite of silkscreens based on Italian Renaissance paintings. This one's source is St. George and the Dragon, and I love that wing and tail and her expression. I have a lot of history with Andy Warhol, never met the man, but he was just getting started with his supernova career when I was in art school and held up as an example, and then much later, after his death, I worked as a curator's assistant at the Warhol Foundation's office while they were preparing his substantial archives for the big Christie's auction. Madhouse, I have to say. Very fabulous, but the cast of characters and their never ending personal dramas were fascinating. Lots of juicy gossip, but not tonight.
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I never met him, either, but he glared at me once. So when do we get the gossip?
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