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Warhol: o diferente que é igual e o igual que é diferente. Em dezembro de 2009 fiz minha primeira viagem para fora do país.

Warhol: o diferente que é igual e o igual que é diferente

O destino foi Buenos Aires. Passei dez dias na capital portenha batendo perna por todos os lugares que um turista tem que conhecer. Dentre todos os passeios numa cidade recém-explorada, o meu predileto é conhecer museus. ARS (São Paulo) - O filósofo como Andy Warhol. O filósofo como Andy Warhol Arthur Danto Professor emérito da Universidade de Colúmbia e crítico de arte da revista The Nation.

ARS (São Paulo) - O filósofo como Andy Warhol

Www2.eca.usp.br/cap/ars4/gianotti.pdf. How Andy Warhol Explains China's Attitudes Toward Chairman Mao - Julian Gewirtz. Just as the pop artist diluted and distorted the Chinese leader's image, Mao's legacy has likewise evolved in unexpected ways. Today was the 120th anniversary of Mao Zedong’s birth, and as the event is celebrated in grand style in Beijing and around China, images of the Chairman are even more ubiquitous than usual this week: A rumored $2.5 billion was invested in celebrations in honor of the figure whose portrait watches over Tiananmen Square and is fastened to the gate of the Forbidden City.

In spite of the birthday celebrations, Mao’s status is marked by a growing ambivalence. Mao. Untitled. Andy Warhol - Mr. America: Conversación entre Andy Warhol y Mao Tse-Tung. Los muertos, en el reino donde viven, a menudo se encuentran con los que han admirado u odiado, o con quienes creían interesantes para hablar de cosas sobre las que no pudieron hablar en vida, debido a las circunstancias o a la diferencia de épocas históricas.

Andy Warhol - Mr. America: Conversación entre Andy Warhol y Mao Tse-Tung

Estos encuentros deben ser, por supuesto, acordados mutuamente. Algunas de las conversaciones que pueden interesarle al lector son aquellas entre Platón y Carlos Marx, Poussin y Van Gogh, Marcel Proust y Tristan Tzara, entre otros. El texto siguiente es una transcripción del archivo de sonido de una conversación reciente —iniciada en este caso por el presidente— entre Mao Tse-tung y Andy Warhol. Mao Tse-tung: ¡Quién se lo iba a imaginar! ¡Usted se ha vuelto más famoso que yo! MT: Los jóvenes me reconocen por el retrato que me hizo. MT: ¿Fue por eso que usted hizo mi retrato? MT: ¿Usted hace simplemente retratos de cualquier hombre o mujer, sin distinguir su contribución a la sociedad? Work. China exclui imagens de Mao na exposição de Warhol. Andy Warhol. Origem: Wikipédia, a enciclopédia livre.

Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol, nascido Andrej Varhola, Jr. (Pittsburgh, 6 de agosto de 1928 — Nova Iorque, 22 de fevereiro de 1987), foi um empresário, pintor e cineasta norte-americano, bem como uma figura maior do movimento de pop art. Biografia[editar | editar código-fonte] Aos 17 anos, em 1945, entrou no Instituto de Tecnologia de Carnegie, em Pittsburgh, hoje Universidade Carnegie Mellon e se graduou em design. Logo após mudou para Nova York e começou a trabalhar como ilustrador de importantes revistas, como Vogue, Harper's Bazaar e The New Yorker, além de fazer anúncios publicitários e displays para vitrines de lojas.

Fez a sua primeira mostra individual em 1952, na Hugo Galley onde exibe quinze desenhos baseados na obra de Truman Capote. [WARHOL] Serigrafias de Mao, assim como pinturas, também triunfam em leilão › Arte Hall. Por Patrícia Kalil, Arte Hall Riopatricia.kalil@artehall.com.br.

[WARHOL] Serigrafias de Mao, assim como pinturas, também triunfam em leilão › Arte Hall

John Seed: The Ghosts of Chairman Mao and Andy Warhol Haunt a Hong Kong Art Auction. On Friday, May 29th, Christie's Hong Kong will auction 36 works of Asian Contemporary and Chinese 20th Century Art.

John Seed: The Ghosts of Chairman Mao and Andy Warhol Haunt a Hong Kong Art Auction

Unless you pay close attention to Contemporary Asian Art you won't recognize the names of most of the artists included in the sale, such as Wang Yidong, Liao Chi Ch'un or Kim Dong Yoo. There is, however, one name in the auction catalog very familiar to Westerners: Andy Warhol. Six of the ten Warhol prints of Chairman Mao offered by Christie's Hong Kong Christie's is offering the suite of 10 silkscreen prints by Warhol as a single auction lot, in hopes of demonstrating a "dialogue" between Asian artists and Warhol. Of course there is more than a cultural exchange at stake. Andy Warhol's 'Mao', 1973. Exceptional Complete Portfolio of Mao by Andy Warhol Offered on artnet Auctions. NEW YORK, NY.

Exceptional Complete Portfolio of Mao by Andy Warhol Offered on artnet Auctions

-artnet Auctions announces an important offering of Andy Warhol’s original, complete portfolio of 10 Mao color screen prints from 1972. Close analysis of past auction results reveals that the majority of Mao suites have been broken up, which adds to the rarity of this exquisite set. These works are coming to auction on the heels of Phillips de Pury’s successful auction in April, which realized USD 938,500. In the aftermath of President Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to China, and its subsequent buzz in the press, Warhol created a series of prints around the now immortalized image of the Chinese leader, Mao Zedong.

Inspired by a parallel between Communist propaganda and American media, as well as the cult-like followings of Mao in the East and movie stars in the West, Warhol executed his Mao portrait series echoing his portraits of celebrities such as Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley. The lot is currently live for bidding here and closes May 18. Andy Warhol artwork of ex-Chinese leader Mao Zedong sells for £7.6m. Andy Warhol's Mao canvas fetched 18 times the price paid the last time it was auctioned.

Andy Warhol artwork of ex-Chinese leader Mao Zedong sells for £7.6m

Photograph: Geoff Pugh/REX An Andy Warhol canvas of the Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong sold for £7.6 million tonight - more than 18 times the price paid last time it went to auction. Warhol's Mao series was a response to US president Richard Nixon's visit to China in 1972. He transformed the official portrait of the leader, in this case using the red and yellow colour scheme of the Cultural Revolution.

It was last sold at auction in June 2000 for £421,500. The auction at Sotheby's in London also included the sale of Gerhard Richter's 1994 work Wand (Wall) for £17.4 million. Lucian Freud's Head on a Green Sofa was also sold for £2.9 million. The painting of society figure Belinda 'Bindy', Lady Lambton was created after Freud exchanged his fine, sable brushes for larger hogs' hair brushes and taught himself to work standing up.