graphite & putty eraser/20x30cm
original source: 'The Guardian' G2 06/10/08
Being the final drawing in the series processed from newspaper reproductions of Warhol’s original Polaroid portraits, this one incidentally (to The Project, at least) being of another artist, Joseph Beuys, by whom a self portrait drawing is included below, another conceptual & stylistic approach to the representation of identity.
Joseph Beuys self portrait drawing
In relation to the work of Warhol & its concern with, its exploration of, celebrity, it’s notable that Beuys himself cultivated & promoted a distinct artistic persona & sense of identity, not least through a series of iconic performances & lectures, themselves illustrated by blackboard drawings.
Soundtrack:
Lambchop 'Is a Woman'
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds 'The First Born is Dead'
Belle & Sebastian 'Push Barman to Open Old Wounds'
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