Andy Warhol's Polaroids: Instant Fame

In relation to the recent exhibition of Andy Warhol's Polaroids
at the Pace/MacGill Gallery, the author traces the centrality of
photography in Warhol's artistic process. ""While obscuring the
lines of distinction between the unique image of high art and
the serialized image of advertising and commerce, Warhol also
used photography's representational qualities to reject
abstraction in art and reintroduce a form of heightened
realism''. The author further examines the content of the
Polaroids in relation to the dominant themes of Pop Art.
Finally, the author views the Polaroids, independent of Warhol's
other work, especially the self-portraits.


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