Andy Warhol
Viewpoint, 1984
Silkscreen ink on colored paper collage on board
102.2 by 153 cm (40¼ by 60¼ in.)
69667
© 2023 Andy Warhol Foundation For The Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Executed in 1984. Executed just two years before the artist’s passing, Viewpoint from 1984 visualizes Andy Warhol’s color-blocking technique. The present work displays a city block, broken up by swaths...
Executed in 1984.
Executed just two years before the artist’s passing, Viewpoint from 1984 visualizes Andy Warhol’s color-blocking technique. The present work displays a city block, broken up by swaths of color, which bring a sense of depth into an otherwise flat surface. These swaths of color — the collage elements — visualize a shadow cast upon the buildings. The variegated hues parallel the changing light throughout the day. Shadow-play has been present in Warhol’s work throughout his oeuvre. In the 1960s, Warhol cast a shadow upon his portrait subjects to imbue the works with a sense of ephemerality. He would later expand upon this idea in the late 1970s in his Shadows series, which contains some of the artist’s most abstract compositions. Warhol revisited the shadows theme in his mature career, as seen in the present work. In contrast to the dark, ominous atmosphere of his Shadows series, Viewpoint visualizes shadow in a playful and joyful manner.
Executed just two years before the artist’s passing, Viewpoint from 1984 visualizes Andy Warhol’s color-blocking technique. The present work displays a city block, broken up by swaths of color, which bring a sense of depth into an otherwise flat surface. These swaths of color — the collage elements — visualize a shadow cast upon the buildings. The variegated hues parallel the changing light throughout the day. Shadow-play has been present in Warhol’s work throughout his oeuvre. In the 1960s, Warhol cast a shadow upon his portrait subjects to imbue the works with a sense of ephemerality. He would later expand upon this idea in the late 1970s in his Shadows series, which contains some of the artist’s most abstract compositions. Warhol revisited the shadows theme in his mature career, as seen in the present work. In contrast to the dark, ominous atmosphere of his Shadows series, Viewpoint visualizes shadow in a playful and joyful manner.