PHOTOGRAPHY: “Andy Warhol: Photo Factory” Showcases Rare Artworks from the Iconic Queer Artist.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN (MARSHA JOHNSON), 1974 UNIQUE POLAROID PRINT © THE ANDY WARHOL FOUNDATION FOR THE VISUAL ARTS, INC. LICENSED BY ARTIST RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK.
Curated by Grace Noh of Fotografiska New York in collaboration with Jessica Jarl of Fotografiska, Jack Shainman Gallery and James R. Hedges, IV, Andy Warhol: Photo Factory features over 120 images, including rare and never-before-seen photographs by Andy Warhol.
GRACE JONES, 1984 UNIQUE POLAROID PRINT © THE ANDY WARHOL FOUNDATION FOR THE VISUAL ARTS, INC. LICENSED BY ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK.
In addition to being “a distinctly intimate visual diary of the artist’s life and work”, as the official exhibition page writes, the showcase also honours Warhol’s famous New York City studio, The Factory.
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT DINNER AT MR. CHOW, 1985 UNIQUE GELATIN SILVER PRINT © THE ANDY WARHOL FOUNDATION FOR THE VISUAL ARTS, INC. LICENSED BY ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN (EASHA MCCLEARY), 1974 UNIQUE POLAROID PRINT © THE ANDY WARHOL FOUNDATION FOR THE VISUAL ARTS, INC. LICENSED BY ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK.
“Notably, Warhol’s earliest photographic works will be presented, offering a glimpse into his experimentation with the medium and how it served as a catalyst for his early silkscreen paintings, commissioned portraits, and commercial work. All six categories of Warhol’s film-based work are spectacularly represented, including polaroids of celebrities, lesser seen unique gelatin silver prints, polaroid collages, 16mm film Screen Tests, and his most recent stitched photograph series,” writes Vince Aletti.
KEITH HARING AND JUAN DUBOSE, 1983 UNIQUE POLAROID PRINT © THE ANDY WARHOL FOUNDATION FOR THE VISUAL ARTS, INC. LICENSED BY ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK.