Original artwork description:

In a time when Abstract Expressionism was the rage Alice Neel captured Andy Warhol not too long after his shooting. The middle-aged pop artist’s portrait shows his flaccid torso, as well as Warhol’s surgical scars and the medical corset, both a result of the Valerie Solanas shooting of the artist two years earlier.

Materials used:

Acrylic on mdf

Tags:

#alice neel #portrait #pop art #people #figurative #realism #photorealism #hyperrealism #andy warhol #looking at art #famous #looking at painting #social realism