This volume is published to accompany a major European retrospective of the work of Andy Warhol, presenting him as the most significant chronicler of the second half of the 20th century. The collection of over 220 images show how his work reflected and commented on themes in American society that were also becoming international: consumerism, mass-production, celebrity, death and disaster. In the four essays Warhol scholars propose new ways of approaching the art of this enigmatic figure. Heiner Bastian, drawing on his ...
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This volume is published to accompany a major European retrospective of the work of Andy Warhol, presenting him as the most significant chronicler of the second half of the 20th century. The collection of over 220 images show how his work reflected and commented on themes in American society that were also becoming international: consumerism, mass-production, celebrity, death and disaster. In the four essays Warhol scholars propose new ways of approaching the art of this enigmatic figure. Heiner Bastian, drawing on his friendship with Warhol, traces his development from commercial graphic artist to purely autonomous artist with international status. He extends the concept of Classic Modernism to almost the end of the 20th century and shows Warhol to be a deeply moral artist. Kirk Varnedoe examines the significance of Warhol's first exhibition of 1962 of the series of "Campbells Soup Cans", exploring the themes of the multiple. Donna De Salvo takes the concept of the "afterimage" in Warhol's work as a starting point for considering his painterly strategy. She shows how Warhol had a very subtle awareness of the surface in contemporary culture, tracing this back to his work for advertising agencies. Peter-Claus Schuster makes a resonant comparison between the work of Warhol and Goya, both depicted atrocity. Warhol's " Death and Disaster" sequences can be seen not as depictions of a callous, unjust society, but rather as a critique of the media message and the resulting desensitization of public consciousness. Ultimately, however, he warns against any simplistic reductions and poposes Andy Warhol to be a complex mixture of victim, superstar and redeemer.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 2000grams, ISBN: 9781854374103.
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Used-Like New. This volume is published to accompany a major European retrospective of the work of Andy Warhol, presenting him as the most significant chronicler of the second half of the 20th century. The collection of over 220 images show how his work reflected and commented on themes in American society that were also becoming international: consumerism, mass-production, celebrity, death and disaster. In the four essays Warhol scholars propose new ways of approaching the art of this enigmatic figure. Heiner Bastian, drawing on his friendship with Warhol, traces his development from commercial graphic artist to purely autonomous artist with international status. He extends the concept of Classic Modernism to almost the end of the 20th century and shows Warhol to be a deeply moral artist. Kirk Varnedoe examines the significance of Warhol's first exhibition of 1962 of the series of 'Campbells Soup Cans', exploring the themes of the multiple. Donna De Salvo takes the concept of the 'afterimage' in Warhol's work as a starting point for considering his painterly strategy. She shows how Warhol had a very subtle awareness of the surface in contemporary culture, tracing this back to his work for advertising agencies. Peter-Claus Schuster makes a resonant comparison between the work of Warhol and Goya, both depicted atrocity. Warhol's ' Death and Disaster' sequences can be seen not as depictions of a callous, unjust society, but rather as a critique of the media message and the resulting desensitization of public consciousness. Ultimately, however, he warns against any simplistic reductions and poposes Andy Warhol to be a complex mixture of victim, superstar and redeemer. BEAUTIFUL COPY! ! !
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VG, White stiff wraps with color illustration. 319 pp. Profusely illustrated with color plates and additional images. Large, heavy volume requiring additional postage. Beautifully illustrated. Essays by Heiner Bastian, Kirk Varnedoe, Donna De Salvo and Peter-Claus Schuster.
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Warhol, Andy. Near fine. With essays by Kirk Varnedoe, Donna De Salvo, Peter-Klaus Schuster, and Antje Dallmann. Extensively illustrated. 319 pages. 4to, stiff, pictorial wrappers. London: Tate Publishing, (2001). Spine a touch faded, else a fine copy.
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Fine. No dust jacket as issued. 2001/2002. First revised edition (first English edition published in 2001), first printing. Soft cover. Photographically illustrated laminated stiff wrappers with French folds. Paintings, prints, sculpture and other works by Andy Warhol. Essays by Heiner Bastian, Kirk Varnedoe, Donna De Salvo and Peter-Klaus Schuster. Illustrated chronological essay by Antje Dallmann. Includes a catalogue by Céline Bastian and a selected bibliography and exhibition history by Harriet Haussler. 320 pp., with 240 four-color plates and additional illustrations finely printed on heavy matte paper by Druckerei Tiemann GmbH & Co. KG, Bielefeld, Germany. 11-5/8 x 9-1/8 inches. Fine. Published on the occasion of the 2002 major retrospective exhibition organized by Heiner Bastian for the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin (traveled to the Tate Modern, London and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles).