Warhol Meets Beuys: Two Giants of Post-War Art | Sotheby's

Presented in partnership with United Kingdom Sotheby's International Realty, this powerful example of Andy Warhol's renowned silkscreen portraits, his portrait of Joseph Beuys, achieves a remarkable fusion of resemblance and individuality. Andy Warhol and Joseph Beuys, the towering figures of post-war art in America and Germany, first met at an exhibition opening at Galerie Hans Meyer in Düsseldorf in May 1979.
The two artists crossed paths multiple times after their initial encounter, most notably during the installation of Beuys’s major retrospective at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York in November 1979. It was on this occasion that the idea for this celebrated series of portraits was initiated. Beuys then visited Warhol’s studio, The Factory, to have his picture taken, coincidentally arriving at the very moment when Georgia O’Keeffe was being photographed. Warhol relied on his Polaroid Big Shot camera to immortalise the timeless image of Beuys in his distinctive and iconic felt hat and sleeveless jacket. These Polaroid photographs subsequently became the foundation for a series of screen-printed portraits created between 1980 and 1986.
This mysterious and alluring work is on offer as part of the Contemporary Day Auction, including the Ralph I. Goldenberg Collection taking placing at Sotheby's London on 26 June.
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[@davidhunternyc1]

Warhol, we are hit over the head with Warhol. There was a time, in the 70s and 80s, when Beuys was regarded as one of the greatest, most influential artists of the 20th century. Then his popularity dropped off the map. Perhaps it was Bueys' candid and direct methodology of making art in post-Holocaust Germany didn't jive with the rise of deconstruction. Warhol's jaded commentary on consumerism fit the narrative of artist as anti-hero. No matter. Joseph Bueys was a talent of the highest order.

[@guldenaydin9918]

Thank you.🍃

[@ericswain4177]

Elitest Art atrocities. Will the bubble ever burst ?