Vanessa Jackson in conversation about her multi-decade career as painter, educator, and staple of the London art scene.
Tag: Photography
Andy Warhol. Photographs 1970 – 1986: A conversation with Jim Hedges and Piero Tomassoni
A conversation with Jim Hedges and Piero Tomassoni around Artvisor's exhibition featuring some of Warhol's iconic polaroid and silver gelatin prints.
“ambulatory archives of movie star womanhood”: Drag Queens in Andy Warhol’s Art
Drag queens - people, usually men, who use dress and makeup to imitate and exaggerate female gender signifiers for entertainment - were of great fascination to Andy Warhol, who explored the figure through varying mediums, including the silkscreen, photography and performance.
Meditations on Andy Warhol’s Fright Wig
In his early 20s, Andy Warhol began wearing a wig. At first, it was to disguise his hair loss. However, as the years went on, the unique silver wig contributed to his avant-garde mystery, and the wig, a means of concealment, became a recognisable feature of the public figure of the artist.
Cyrus Mahboubian at Gypsum Gallery, Cairo
Cyrus Mahboubian is part of the ongoing exhibition, The Cheating Hand of Randomness, opening today at the Gypsum Gallery in Cairo.
Cyrus Mahboubian, Polaroids/Composites
Curated by Artvisor’s director, Nico Epstein, Polaroids/Composites features a brand new body of work, and a selected highlights drawn from recent years by Cyrus Mahboubian.