Andy Warhol: Drag & Draw by Nina Schleif

Andy Warhol: Drag & Draw by Nina Schleif

This book highlights two series of little known drawings from the 1950's, drawings where Andy Warhol first explored the controversial and for him deeply personal subject of drag. His oeuvre during the first decade of his career, before he became the god father of Pop, has proven to be enormously influential on his life's work but remains little known. In 1953, Warhol created two unique series of drawings, quite different from his commissioned work. In one series, he developed an ensemble of spirited wome n that were derived from photographs of stage divas and — of men in drag. He delved deeper into the art of dressing as the opposite sex with his second series, a set of portraits of men posing in high and low drag. This book considers Warhol's work and its d ebt to newly discovered photographs that his friend, photographer Otto Fenn, staged explicitly for Warhol’s purpose. Drag & Draw sheds light on New York's secret gay and drag scenes during the repressive 1950s

Nina Schleif is the curator of the first exhibition on Warhol's books. She authored the catalogs Reading Andy Warhol and Andy Warhol. Seven Illustrated Books. Schleif has published and lectured in the US and in Europe on Modernism and Contemporary Art.

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ISBN 13	9783777429779
ISBN 10	3777429775
Titel	Andy Warhol: Drag & Draw
Autor	Nina Schleif
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Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	Hirmer Verlag
Erscheinungsjahr	2018-06-21
Seitenanzahl	144
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.
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