Not exact matches
Editor's note: Jeremy Cowart is a Los Angeles - based
celebrity portrait photographer and founder of Help - Portrait, a global movement of photographers giving free portraits to those
portrait photographer and founder of Help -
Portrait, a global movement of photographers giving free portraits to those
Portrait, a global movement of photographers giving free
portraits to those
in need.
Being greeted by a giant, shaggy - maned Kate Moss is always a good way to start an exhibition — or enter any room, for that matter — and when this glossy black - and - white wonder is just a drop
in David Bailey's star - studded ocean of
celebrity portraits, you know it's the place to be.
Using archival footage and anecdotal evidence, Edelman constructs a complex
portrait of race and
celebrity in the tail end of 20th - century America, one that doesn't provide answers but gives voice to a chorus of diverse opinions.
Waugh's
portrait of gossip - mongering,
celebrity - worshipping, pleasure - seeking upper - class twits (some filthy rich, many penniless)
in the decades between the world wars is shot through with a distinctive insanity.
Elizabeth Peyton's
portraits of androgynous punk rockers,
celebrities, friends, and opera stars are usually credited with presaging renewed critical interest
in a type of painting that used to be dismissed as shallow.
The art series is a collection of
celebrity portraits digitally painted
in gold
in an immortalized state.
Tyler is known for his work with video
portraits and his photography work
in the art and
celebrity form.
Together with the
portraits of
celebrities (Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kathleen Turner) and those of the artist's friends and lovers (Patti Smith, Sam Wagstaff), Mapplethorpe documented the world around him
in all its dazzling brilliance and extremes.
Modern culture is reflected
in his humorous
portraits, landscapes and interiors by means of familiar political and
celebrity figures, chain restaurants and box stores, and well - known brands.
Both artists enjoyed
celebrity status
in an audience beyond the art world, and both manipulated their personas as evidenced,
in the exhibition, by each of their self -
portraits in drag.
I KILLED KENNY also debuts a series of paint - splattered collages,
in which historic images of Abraham Lincoln are overlaid with
portraits of iconic Hollywood
celebrities, contemporary artists, and legendary American boxers — Robert DeNiro
in «Raging Bull,» Gena Rowlands
in «Gloria,» Christopher Wool
in his studio, and publicity stills of Muhammad Ali.
Warhol's
portraits are symbols of the fame and
celebrity that made him popular, but they are also testimonials of his creative genius
in pushing the boundaries of the medium.
In conjunction with her solo exhibitions at MOCA Pacific Design Center, Catherine Opie: 700 Nimes Road, and at the Hammer Museum, Catherine Opie: Portraits, photographer Catherine Opie joins MOCA Chief Curator Helen Molesworth and Hammer Chief Curator Connie Butler for a conversation about the concepts of portraiture, gender, celebrity, and creativity at play in the artist's photographs of Elizabeth Taylor's Bel Air home and in her images of visual artists, fashion designers, and writers drawn from her own circle of friend
In conjunction with her solo exhibitions at MOCA Pacific Design Center, Catherine Opie: 700 Nimes Road, and at the Hammer Museum, Catherine Opie:
Portraits, photographer Catherine Opie joins MOCA Chief Curator Helen Molesworth and Hammer Chief Curator Connie Butler for a conversation about the concepts of portraiture, gender,
celebrity, and creativity at play
in the artist's photographs of Elizabeth Taylor's Bel Air home and in her images of visual artists, fashion designers, and writers drawn from her own circle of friend
in the artist's photographs of Elizabeth Taylor's Bel Air home and
in her images of visual artists, fashion designers, and writers drawn from her own circle of friend
in her images of visual artists, fashion designers, and writers drawn from her own circle of friends.
There's his famous hypercolor, hypercontrast prints of hibiscus flowers; his tabloid «Death and Disaster» series from the early 1960s; square
celebrity portraits of Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe, and Jean - Michel Basquiat; a 1986 self -
portrait of the aging artist
in his «fright wig»; a grouping of massive Pop - ified Chairman Maos; and stacks of Brillo boxes.
Several of Noguchi's public artwork proposals were rejected; voluntarily (and then less so), he was interred
in a Japanese work camp
in Arizona; the FBI investigated him for espionage; he had romantic affairs with the likes of Frida Kahlo; and on and off, Noguchi turned to bust
portraits of high society New Yorkers and Hollywood
celebrities to make ends meet.
Later
in his career, Warhol revisited
celebrity subjects for commissioned
portraits, print series, and magazine illustrations.
Meet
celebrities and other fabulous people
in this diverse selection of
portraits taken by Warhol
in the 1970s and 1980s with his favorite camera, the Polaroid Big Shot.
In addition, she has spent the last several years running her own pet
portrait business, which has provided an opportunity for her to meet many wonderful neighborhood and
celebrity pets.
In the 1970s, Warhol's nightly forays to the legendary nightclub Studio 54 cemented his
celebrity aura and provided a flow of wealthy clients for his flourishing business of commissioned
portraits.
Get the
celebrity treatment
in the VIP lounge with food, casino games, and
portraits by caricature artist Jeffrey Harris.
Like Marilyn Monroe, Warhol's most famous female
portrait subject, Presley's
celebrity status was established
in the 1950s.
This exhibition includes
celebrity portraits and fashion photographs taken during Steichen's tenure as chief photographer for Condé Nast, shots for advertising campaigns, and images that reflect the artist's interest
in the natural world.
«Grant Wood (1891 — 1942) became an overnight
celebrity following the debut of American Gothic, his now - iconic
portrait of a Midwestern farm couple, at the Art Institute of Chicago
in 1930.
Elizabeth Peyton's upcoming retrospective at the Whitechapel Gallery
in London features
portraits of friends,
celebrities and rock stars
This is the gallery that,
in 2009, turned the death of Dash Snow into a
celebrity event and showcased Kehinde Wiley, with his cross between street art and fashion magazine on top of his Obama state
portraits.
Some of his
celebrity portraits were first «under - painted» by tracing simple outlines of the photographic image onto the canvas and painted
in blocks of color.
Painters like Karen Kilimnik made work stemming from the influence of popular culture, creating cursory
celebrity portraits, while Elizabeth Peyton took the practice a step further by painting
portraits of celebs, musicians, and European monarchs alongside her significant others and members of her social circle, entrenching mass culture's idolization of
celebrity in the realm of fine art while at the same time elevating her friends to
celebrity status.
In an effort to capture celebrities through their audiences, South African artist Candice Breitz, who is represented by White Cube in London and Sonnabend in New York, made video portraits of Bob Marley (Legend), Madonna (Queen), and Michael Jackson (King)-- all 2005 — and of John Lennon (Working Class Hero) in 200
In an effort to capture
celebrities through their audiences, South African artist Candice Breitz, who is represented by White Cube
in London and Sonnabend in New York, made video portraits of Bob Marley (Legend), Madonna (Queen), and Michael Jackson (King)-- all 2005 — and of John Lennon (Working Class Hero) in 200
in London and Sonnabend
in New York, made video portraits of Bob Marley (Legend), Madonna (Queen), and Michael Jackson (King)-- all 2005 — and of John Lennon (Working Class Hero) in 200
in New York, made video
portraits of Bob Marley (Legend), Madonna (Queen), and Michael Jackson (King)-- all 2005 — and of John Lennon (Working Class Hero)
in 200
in 2006.
Corrections officer Gene Palmer gave the pair paint and tools
in exchange for «stunning
portraits of
celebrities.»
On view are iconic works from key moments of his career, from his student days
in the 1960s to the present, including his large - scale double
portraits of the
celebrity friends of his youth; the collaged Polaroids through which he examined new possibilities within Cubism as well as the artistic use of photography; his later forays into painting the landscape on location
in his native Yorkshire; and finally, his experimental works using iPad apps.
Peyton, born
in 1965, paints empathetic
portraits of friends,
celebrities and politicians.
His collages of mutated
celebrity portraits challenge people's perceptions of their relationship with «
celebrity» — are you interested
in the person themselves or their image as depicted
in the poster?
Mark Flood has been mining the cult of
celebrity since the early 1980s, physically and literally distorting publicity images
in every imaginable way through collage, reprinting and over-painting
celebrity portraits and advertising.
Robert Mapplethorpe, born
in New York
in 1946, died
in Boston 1989, was an acclaimed photographer, most noted for his black and white
portraits of
celebrities, flowers, as well as female and male nudes.
Elizabeth Peyton's
portraits of both her friends and members of the cultural elite of her era, (Kurt Cobain comes to mind), first gained
celebrity in the mid-to-late 90s.
Scott» s 1969 film
portrait of Richard Hamilton continued this collaborative formula, with Hamilton musing about cinema, art, and
celebrity while images of his works, their original source materials, and related elements from pop culture flash by
in rapid succession.
In 1984, Giacobetti began a series of
celebrity portraits comprising over 200 subjects, including Federico Fellini, Stephen Hawking, Francoise Sagan, Philippe Starck, and Yehudi Menuhin.
These
Portraits of
Celebrities in 1920s Paris Launched Berenice Abbott's Career.»
Co-organized by London's National
Portrait Gallery, this exhibition dives into Hockney's output, through 162
portraits spanning fifty years that show Hockney's relatives, lovers, and
celebrity friends
in their
Warhol, an iconic American artist whose reputation has only increased
in the quarter - century since his death, is best known for appropriations of images from popular culture — advertisements, mass - media photographs and
celebrity portraits — that challenged the conventional definitions and subjects of art.
The works, which include
portraits of
celebrities such as Edward Kennedy, Tara Tyson, Mary Martin and Truman Capote as well as intimate photographs of Andy Warhol's friends, will be complemented by other photographs and works
in the GW Permanent Collection.
Mark FLOOD has been mining the cult of
celebrity since the early 1980s, physically and literally distorting publicity images
in every imaginable way through collage, reprinting and over-painting
celebrity portraits and advertising.
In our own artistic climate, we can see these values in the application criteria for major portrait prizes where the subject has to be a notable public figure (celebrity) or a personal relation of justifiable importanc
In our own artistic climate, we can see these values
in the application criteria for major portrait prizes where the subject has to be a notable public figure (celebrity) or a personal relation of justifiable importanc
in the application criteria for major
portrait prizes where the subject has to be a notable public figure (
celebrity) or a personal relation of justifiable importance.
There are numerous
portraits that interpose
celebrities and fine art, such Robert Wilson's video
portrait of Lady Gaga as a stand -
in for Mademoiselle Caroline Rivière from a 19th - century
portrait of the same name by Jean - Auguste - Dominique Ingres.
While achieving his breakthrough with
portraits and lifestyle photographs, documenting
celebrity culture as well as LGBTQ communities and club culture, since the turn of the millennium the German photographer has notably created abstract work such as the Freischwimmer series, which is made
in the darkroom without a camera.
Comparisons were made with magazine layouts (accurately, since he'd laid out his own stories
in i - D, and cites it as one of the places where he began to learn about spatial relationships); some people made reference to teenage bedroom walls, which,
in the seemingly ad hoc positioning, the shifts between genres and the inclusion of
portraits of friends and the occasional music or fashion
celebrity, also seemed pertinent.
Her iconic and infamous stylized
portrait images of
celebrities, artists, musicians, world luminary figures make her one of the most recognized and sought after
portrait photographers
in the world.
Her editorial fashion and
celebrity portrait photography has been published
in Bazaar Italia, Esquire, Harper's Bazaar, House & Garden, Interview, Newsweek, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Seventeen and Vogue.
His recent exhibition, Most Wanted at White Cube
in London, for example, featured 10 larger than life
celebrity portraits set against red carpet step - and - repeat backdrops.
Jean Pagliuso (b. 1941 Glendale, CA) is an acclaimed artist who has photographed fashion, film and
celebrity portraits since the 1970s, after she received a Fine Arts degree from UCLA
in 1963.