Andy Warhol Flash (F & S II.32) For Sale

  • Andy Warhol Flash for Sale

    Andy Warhol Flash (F & S II.32)

    Facts | History | Meaning
    Catalogue Title Flash﹣November 22, 1963 (FS II.32)
    Year 1968
    Size 21″ x 21″ 53,3 x 53,3 cm
    Medium Portfolio of eleven screenprints, colophon, and Teletype text on paper. The prints, wrapped with the screenprint cover, are in a plexiglass box.
    Edition Edition of 200, 26 numbered in Roman numerals; 10 lettered A-J have three additional screenprints, each of which is a composite of images from II.33 and II.38. (See II.43A-43C.) Each print, housed in a folder with a page of Teletype text, is signed in ball-point pen on verso; the colophon is signed and numbered in ball-point pen.
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  • Flash (F & S II.32)

    “I don’t think I missed a stroke,” said Andy Warhol. “I wanted to know what was going on out there, but that was the extent of my reaction…What bothered me was the way the television and radio were programming everybody to feel so sad.”

    In the same year as the assassination of John. F Kennedy, which shocked the world forever, Andy Warhol created his Flash series. The series explores the media’s obsession with tragedy and violence, as Warhol was fascinated by the never-ending loop of haunting images that flashed repeatedly on television screens across the world, not dissimilar to that of Marilyn Monroe. The screenprint depicts a closeup of Kennedy’s face, but it is so closeup it is almost unrecognisable. Before his death, Kennedy seems as if he would be a likely muse for Warhol, as he had the perfect mix of celebrity and power, of being both relatability and completely out of reach. However, the President’s charming good looks are distorted in this screenprint; his grin becomes eery and threatening, his face hangs like a shadow against the dark background, almost completely indiscernible. This screenprint is unlike any of Warhol’s other celebrity portfolios. There is a sense of mourning and respect within this screenprint, the imagery seems faded and sobering, rather than flashy and garish. Through this screenprint, Warhol offers tribute to the young president, immortalising him forever whilst simultaneously commentating on media frenzy after a high-profile death.

    The series marks one of the most significant events of the 20th century. This is not the first time Warhol explored darker subject matter, as he explored electric chairs and riots in his Death and Disaster series. This series stands out as one of the most sincere and thought provoking of Warhol’s 1960’s artistic oeuvre.

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