Camouflage Self-Portrait
Andy Warhol, American, 1928 - 1987
Geography:
Made in United States, North and Central America
Date:
1986Medium:
Synthetic polymer paint and silkscreen on canvasDimensions:
6 feet 8 1/2 inches × 6 feet 4 inches × 1 1/2 inches (204.5 × 193 × 3.8 cm)Copyright:
© Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Curatorial Department:
Contemporary ArtObject Location:
1993-131-1Credit Line:
Acquired with funds contributed by the Committee on Twentieth-Century Art and as a partial gift of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., 1993
Made in United States, North and Central America
Date:
1986Medium:
Synthetic polymer paint and silkscreen on canvasDimensions:
6 feet 8 1/2 inches × 6 feet 4 inches × 1 1/2 inches (204.5 × 193 × 3.8 cm)Copyright:
© Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Curatorial Department:
Contemporary ArtObject Location:
Currently not on view
Accession Number:1993-131-1Credit Line:
Acquired with funds contributed by the Committee on Twentieth-Century Art and as a partial gift of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., 1993
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abstract [x] camouflage [x] face [x] gazing [x] large [x] machine [x] military [x] modern [x] pittsburgh [x] pop art [x] reveal [x] self [x] self portrait [x] silk-screen [x]In this self-portrait Andy Warhol combines a Polaroid photo of himself with a hot pink and red camouflage pattern, contrasting the individuality of portraiture with the uniformity of camouflage. The artist stares directly out at the viewer, screened by a pattern that offers the illusion of personal protection but also implies imminent danger. This piece, part of a series of camouflage paintings, was created in 1986, the year before the artist's death. Like Thomas Hirschhorn today, Warhol was intrigued by the use of camouflage in the military and in fashion as an ambiguous instrument that could either conceal or call attention to the wearer.