In eager anticipation of Holly Wiersma's long awaited movie 'Factory Girl', we manipulated this portrait of me as a homage to Andy Warhol. It really is amazing what you can accomplish with software these days. The above was done with Photoshop, and although it takes some time to get to grips with, it is quite incredible what can be achieved flying solo.
It's often easy to forget the genius it takes to be the first at something totally new. Andy Warhol certainly was that genius.
As famous art dealer Henry Geldzahler recounts:
"About ten years ago I casually asked the lightning-quick American art historian Robert Rosenblum, 'When you see a portrait of Marilyn Monroe by Andy Warhol, who do you think of first, Andy or Marilyn?' 'I can think of two things at the same time', he replied.
And it's true. Andy and his subject-matter remain identical in our minds. More than any other artwork of the sixties, Andy Warhol's are popular and instantly recognizable to a remarkably wide wide public."
Posted by: North by Northwest | Tuesday, September 13, 2005 at 02:44 PM