Shadows (paintings)

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Shadows is a series of paintings by the American artist Andy Warhol. [1] The paintings were executed between 1978-79 and purchased as a single group by the Dia Art Foundation. [1] The series on "long term view" at the foundation's Dia Beacon museum in Beacon, New York. [2]

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This is a series of 102 silkscreened and hand-painted canvases representing distorted photographs of shadows generated in the artist's studio. They reproduce two Polaroids taken by Warhol and his assistant after folding two pieces of cardboard, lit in a way as to capture the shadows cast. All the canvases display a large black area complemented by seventeen different shades.

All the canvas are of the same size (193 × 132 cm), and they are presented side by side over a distance of approximately 450 feet (137 m). Their number varies according to the dimensions of the exhibition space. This is one of Warhol's most abstract works. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Foundation, Dia Art. "Dia | Program | Andy Warhol, Shadows". www.diaart.org. Retrieved 2018-11-28.
  2. "Andy Warhol: Shadows | Exhibitions & Projects | Exhibitions | Dia".
  3. "Andy Warhol: Shadows | Exhibitions & Projects | Exhibitions | Dia".