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Comic And Book Related => Edutainment News => Topic started by: paw broon on January 27, 2019, 06:15:44 PM
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The current Andy Warhol/Eduardo Paolozzi exhibition at GOMA, Edinburgh features a few comic references.
(Actually, as I'm Scottish I should change the title round to Eduardo Paolozzi/Andy Warhol exhibition, as Paolozzi was one of our foremost artists and a great innovator.) ;)
In the showcase featuring examples of material collected as references by Paolozzi is a copy of Hi-Ho Comics #2 which we have on site.
In the Warhol section is the pencil self portrait of Warhol which references The Shadow:-
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/warhol-the-shadow-ar00594
The exhibition page is here:-
https://www.nationalgalleries.org/exhibition/andy-warhol-and-eduardo-paolozzi-i-want-be-machine
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In the Warhol section is the pencil self portrait of Warhol which references The Shadow:-
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/warhol-the-shadow-ar00594
Well, it's certainly a pencil sketch of Warhol and his shadow. And he may have entitled the piece "THE Shadow", but I'm having a difficult time seeing where it's referencing any specific visual iconography from the pulp magazine/radio (also comics, movies, etc.) character The Shadow. That would usually involve specific cues like the slouch hat, hawk-like nose in profile, things like that; or if you could point to a specific magazine cover that he was doing a homage to...
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Och positronic, I put up the link to the Tate piece which explains the connection. And the curator of the GOMA exhibition decided to display this work and captioned it with the explanation.
Some might not enjoy Warhol's work, or parts of it, however that's not why I posted the info. At the risk of insulting readers, it's simple, it's the connection between the creation of a different form of art which was influenced by or referenced comics, pulps, and pulp radio shows.
As you might not have read the info. on the Tate link, have a look when you can. I can't improve on arty explanations written by experts.
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A note about the forthcoming Paolozzi event:-
https://www.nationalgalleries.org/event/paolozzi-edinburgh-0
The photo of Vulcan doesn't really give an idea of the size and power of the work. Impressive indeed.