How Andy (Warhol) Made A Painting
Thursday, June 20, 2019 at 03:48PM
Andy Warhol’s Shot Sage Blue Marilyn is one of five portraits of Marilyn Monroe made by Warhol in 1964, at what was widely considered to be the peak of his creative output. Hitting the block in less than a month on May 9, it has an estimate of $200 million, the highest ever placed on an artwork prior to auction.
The painting actually sold for $195 million at Christie's Spring Auction 2022.
Louis Waldon Explains How Andy Made A Marilyn on YouTube
So what indeed was Andy thinking when he made a painting, and how did he do it? Why were movie stars and Zen philosophy so important to him? Where did he get the idea to paint like this? Our UnCut Tale offers the answers...
"How Andy Made A Painting" starts with Warhol's early advertising days when he determined that glamour and pop culture were going to be an imporant part of his life, his paintings, and his self promotion.
The film takes us through Warhol's Fire House painting days and the 60s Silver Factory Era with details related to the development of his technique, his style and his own personal approach to Zen repetition.
Trailer:
Vincent Fremont, Co-Founder of the Warhol Foundation, talks about Warhol, his Art and his Factory influences. Warhol Biographer Victor Bockris frames the environment. Warhol assistant Gerard Malanga recounts the steps Andy took to create hundreds (if not unknown thousands) of Marilyns, Jackies, Elizabeth Taylors and countless other famous paintings.
Louis Waldon tells of his remarkable secret acquisition, years after the Factory, of many of Warhol's original elements and his creation of Warhol "fakes', as have many other artists. And there's more...from all "True UnCut Tales from Andy Warhol's Factory People".
The "How Andy" Four Part Series Trailer...
There are now four films in the "How Andy" UnCut Series. "How Andy Made a Painting", "How Andy Made a Movie", "How Andy Discovered Lou Reed, the Velvet Underground and Nico", and "How Andy Discovered Edie Sedgwick and Created the Superstars". The UnCut Series was developed to release interview materials that were not broadcast standards compatible. They were culled from the 50-hour body of interviews we did to produce the original three-hour television series: "Andy Warhol's Factory People"
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