http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/masterpiece-of-the-week-andy-warhol-polaroid-a-self-portrait-for-the-facebook-age/ The online magazine of the Getty Sat, 18 May 2013 06:56:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/masterpiece-of-the-week-andy-warhol-polaroid-a-self-portrait-for-the-facebook-age/#comment-168748 Jennifer S. Li Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:24:24 +0000 http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/?p=6948#comment-168748 The huge size of this Polaroid photo is definitely something worth experiencing in person. I sheepishly admit I love having my photo taken, but the huge size of this format is definitely intimidating. It took a certain kind of confidence to capture himself in this way--again, yet another contradiction to his purported shyness and self-consciousness. Thanks for your thoughts, William! The huge size of this Polaroid photo is definitely something worth experiencing in person. I sheepishly admit I love having my photo taken, but the huge size of this format is definitely intimidating. It took a certain kind of confidence to capture himself in this way–again, yet another contradiction to his purported shyness and self-consciousness. Thanks for your thoughts, William!

]]> http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/masterpiece-of-the-week-andy-warhol-polaroid-a-self-portrait-for-the-facebook-age/#comment-165769 William Sun, 22 Jan 2012 04:13:52 +0000 http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/?p=6948#comment-165769 At nearly two feet by two feet in size, experiencing this photograph in the flesh is phenomenal. Warhol, like much of his art, IS truly larger-than-life here -- "warts and all." One has to wonder if it was instant gratification for him when seeing this developed immediately following the snap of the shutter. The almost rawness of his flesh appears to declare just how unglamorously he approached this luxurious media. The effect of the photograph to me seems to capture a rather natural moment in front of the camera, if not a contemplative one. His celebrity really allowed him to experiment and to experience himself in truly remarkable ways. What fun! At nearly two feet by two feet in size, experiencing this photograph in the flesh is phenomenal. Warhol, like much of his art, IS truly larger-than-life here — “warts and all.”
One has to wonder if it was instant gratification for him when seeing this developed immediately following the snap of the shutter. The almost rawness of his flesh appears to declare just how unglamorously he approached this luxurious media.
The effect of the photograph to me seems to capture a rather natural moment in front of the camera, if not a contemplative one.
His celebrity really allowed him to experiment and to experience himself in truly remarkable ways. What fun!

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