Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Art Looking at Andy Warhol's Polaroids of O.J., Kareem, and Other Famous People
Posted by Mark Asch on Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 1:54 PM
These were for-hire shots, mostly: Warhol's fascination with fame and American public life extended only sporadically into the realm of sports. Still, these shots are the way that all Warhol's portraits are: an opportunity to match a face, composed or unguarded but definitely held in place for our contemplation, to a public persona. The screen tests remain unparalleled studies in the fascination of the known or unknown human face, but these washed-out Polaroids aren't shabby either.
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