Andy Warhol’s Still-Life Polaroids Exhibition
by Burton Guster, January 4, 2009
What can we really say about one of the world’s greatest influences other than via the Paul Kasmin Gallery in New York, they are displaying a selection of 70 Still-Life Polaroids by Andy Warhol. Depicting a set of assorted objects taken by Warhol between 1977 and 1983, the exhibition captures a mass variety of subjects such as ballet shoes, eggs, knives, guns, perfume bottles and other commercial products as his ironic soup can. If you just happen to be in the area make sure you stop by the gallery and see things from a different time. The address to the gallery is below.
Andy Warhol Still-Life Polaroids
Paul Kasmin Gallery
511 27th Street New York, New York
through January 10, 2009
I took pictures like this with my first Polaroid cam before I was even introduced to art.
If someone else had snapped these 30~ years ago you’d all be singing a different tune. Just because it’s Andy Warhol doesn’t mean it’s amazing… These are shit. Totally uninspiring.
Warhol is a non-artist. The photos are dull and bland, just like the man himself.
Robert Hughes (art critic) once said that Warhol was one of the stupidest people that he had ever met.
So, get over it folks - don’t believe the hype.
If these images weren’t Andy Warhol’s, I’m sure that they would worth nothing!
so what if the picture quality isnt as good as what is available now? It is art, not an advertisement for polaroid cameras. With that attitude you might as well just say that artists like monet and van gogh were shit too just because their paintings were blurry or unrealistic compared to what a 24 megapixel digital camera could do today. Thats a given! But im pretty sure the gallery isn’t featuring the photos because of the technology but because andy warhol is a very important modern artist who has had an influence on tons of other artists and his fans might want to see these polaroids.
totally sweet
Wicked pictures my friend!
Tim, comparing pictures taken in the year 2009 and back between 1977 and 1983 is beyond retarded. It’s like comparing apples and oranges.
Just saying without Warhol you little shits most likely wouldn’t be interested in art at all. He changed the game forever.
Creative innovator = Icon status. Respect your elders.
For his time these photos were probably revolutionary i don’t really think you can compare today’s work to this.
the shoes collection are nice…
The shaving blade is unreal.
Heh, it’s really funny how someone can claim that these are “bad”.
It’s art. There is no right or wrong. These are absolutely amazing! It’s even more amazing now that Polaroid is gone. It’s a lost art form.
Compared to the pictures that are taken today? Clearly, you have no clue as to what you are talking about.
These were done before most of us were born. Most of the companys that post their product shots on this site go for this look. The man was ahead of the curb.
I just would like to say that “tim” and “dan”..you a brilliant. First of all Andy Warhol has inspired MANY artist of today and I am completely confident in saying that art would not be like it is now without his input in the art world. And there is no comparison to these photographs and those of today….
come on now…they are Polaroids
and if you ask me the saturation on them are just magnificent! lol
yea these are uninspirational. Just because he’s Andy Warhol doesnt mean he doesnt make bad stuff every now and then. But beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
yes he does, andy warhol was a very creative person, but these still life pictures are awful. compared to the modern day pictures that are taken today, well…. These are shit.
“Amateurish and pseudo-artistic” - Are you kidding me? you may not like them, but do you have any idea who youre talking about?
Amateurish and pseudo-artistic.
He’s American, by way of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Is he Canadian?
strange its the lobsters and the phones for me.
Yes the eggs and the teeth does it for me.
i kinda like the one with the eggs for some reason.