Prince by Andy Warhol, stop symbol

In 2016, Condé Nast published a magazine to commemorate the death of the rock star Prince. For the cover image it used one of Andy Warhol’s screenprint portraits of the musician. As Warhol had done with much of his art, including his more famous portraits of Marilyn Monroe, he created the print by adapting and manipulating a photograph, in this case one taken by Lynn Goldsmith. . .

 

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This is the third and final part of Warhol and the Supreme Court.
Read or revisit part 1: the new law of creation and part 2: the new problem.

 

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Read David’s Art Letter essay, Nothing comes from nothing, Part 3, featured in Oregon ArtsWatch