There is a new rather spectacular exhibition in London that showcases the work of two giants of American postwar visual culture. Photographer Richard Avedon and artist Andy Warhol were both portraitists, obsessed with celebrity, and used repetition within their images. They often used the same subjects, and Avedon even photographed Warhol a couple of times with not always very flattering results. Despite their worlds overlapping they were not friends, and in his diaries Warhol describes Avedon as ‘horrible’.
Avedon Warhol is at The Gagosian Gallery until April 23rd 2016.
Full details and information : http://www.gagosian.com
P.S. Today is the 29th Anniversary of Warhol’s death.
