People go by and it doesn't matter that someone was killed. I still care about people, but it would be so much easier not to care, it's too hard to care. --Andy Warhol News and death fascinated Warhol, and nowhere is this more uncomfortably reflected than in his paintings of electric chairs. Part of his "Death and Disaster" series, these works borrow from the eye-catching style of tabloid journalism to reflect on the clash of dreams and violence that suffused 60s America. Using photographs collected from various media sources, imagery often deemed too upsetting for the front page, Warhol compels us to look more closely at our own voyeurism and our response and lack of response to violence, as well as our reactions to the universal experience of death that underlies both high-profile public disasters and everyday violence. Essays by Peter Halley, Gerard Malanga.  9.75 x 10.5 in. 26 color, 4 b/w illustrations

Andy Warhol: Little Electric Chair Paintings

Arts & Photography

Malanga, Gerard

Halley, Peter

History & Criticism

Stellan Holm Gallery

“When we were making the 5 Deaths paintings, with the car upside down and the people underneath, Andy asked, 'Are they still alive?' as if the accident had actually occurred in front of us.” --Gerard MalangaWithin Warhol's Death and Disaster series, the so-called Car Crashes comprise the most numerous and diverse set of images. As Gerard Malanga writes in his accompanying essay, “We would return to this silkscreen again and again for several months; in effect, the first painting repeated many times over, this initiating Andy's serial imagery on separate identically shaped canvases, and anticipating the Flower paintings to come.” The book also includes a contemporary interview between Malanga and Jeff Koons as well as a reprint of an interview between Malanga and Warhol from 1963.

Andy Warhol: 5 Deaths

Individual Artists

93pp. Signed by photographer on half-title pg. Exhibition catalogue. No DJ as issued. The Book: Near Fine. Paste-on photo on cover w/ purple color board. Essays by Glenn O'Brien & Richard Prince.

Pam American Icon

D'Orazio, Sante

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