Hardback, black and white illustrations, 266 pages, W310mm x H250mm
From the time he obtained his first film
camera in 1963, up until his death in 1987, Warhol explored and created
moving images ranging from epic films to personal portraits, to
programs for cable television, to music videos.
Andy
Warhol: Motion Pictures focuses on the artist's screen tests and
non-narrative films from 1963-73. Within it we see sequences of his
"most beautiful women" - screen tests featuring "Baby" Jane Holzer, Ivy
Nicholson, Edie Sedgwick - and other works that showcase a parade of
friends, actors, and models - Dennis Hopper, Gerhard Malanga and Walter
Burn to name just a few.
This collection of tests is followed by the
artist's non-narrative films including Eat, Sleep, Kiss, and Blow Job.
All of the artist's film works are enhanced by texts from Mary Lea
Bandy, Klaus Biesenbach and others.
The worlds of art, photography,
film, criticism, lifestyle, and fashion unite in Andy Warhol: Motion
Pictures, as 200 fascinating black and
white stills provide access into territories both familiar and
unexplored.