Andy Warhol
Discotheque
1965

About the Item

This is a 16mm film With Dorothy Dean, Henry Geldzahler, Pat Hartley, Gerard Malanga, Edie Sedgwick, Roger Trudeau, Chuck Wein, unidentified band, unidentified others Written on box in Andy Warhol’s hand: Disotuqe b&w, silent, 100’, 1965 stock Footage of people dancing at a club, unknown band playing, with professional lights hanging down. Video footage of Edie in “Space” is playing on a small television set. Norelco 1” camera is visible on a small stand. Chuck in a striped shirt, Gerard visible among the dancers. A shot of Henry Geldzahler in dark glasses grinning at the camera. Reminiscent an article about the Poor Little Rich Girl saga, which mentions Warhol filming the crowd dancing at the Café au Go Go or The Scene. From Mel Juffe, “Jet Set in the Basement: It’s Warhol’s Starry Party,” New York Journal-American, August 18, 1965: “It was one happening after another for pop artist Andy Warhol, the center of the big party last night at The Scene, the discotheque at 201 W. 46th St. While the darkened basement resounded twist-type music, Mr. Warhol solemnly turned his camera on the non-dancers who gathered to puzzle out the screening of his latest film, ‘Beauty Number Two.” It seems that Mr. Warhol, who makes paintings that look like Brillo Boxes and whose “Golden Marilyn Monroe” hangs in the Modern Museum of Art, was filming the whole party as part of his continuing “Poor Little Rich Girl Saga,” of which “Beauty Number Two” is a mere fragment. Present with Mr. Warhol was his entire six-member repertory company, including Edie Minturn Sedgwick, Mr. Warhol’s beaming superstar, who plays the saga’s title role. The Scene has a legal capacity of 225 persons, the only there proof were less than a thousand jammed into the small cavern. But of the whole party, Mr. Warhol seemed to have the least idea of what it was all about. While the shapely Edie stood by, beaming, Mr. Warhol was approached by Miss Paolozzi,… … And so there was Andy Warhol in the middle of the packed room, at a party in his honor for which nobody – including Mr. Warhol – could supply a reason, while people threw tidbits of gossip at him. Finally someone asked whether he was satisfied with his filming at the party. “I don’t like it,” Mr. Warhol, a man of few words, replied, saying it all.” All pricing subject to change. Prior to purchase, please confirm current retail pricing and all other relevant information with Hedges Projects.

Creator:
Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987, American)
Creation Year:
1965
Dimensions:
Height: 1 in (2.54 cm)Width: 1 in (2.54 cm)
Medium:
Film
Period:
1960-1969
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Santa Monica, CA
Reference Number:
Seller: AW-0008701stDibs: LU90636264762
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Andy Warhol

The name of American artist Andy Warhol is all but synonymous with Pop art, the movement he helped shape in the 1960s. He was phenomenally prolific, and the archive of original photography, prints, drawings, paintings and other art that he left behind is beyond vast.

Andy Warhol is known for his clever appropriation of motifs and images from popular advertising and commercials, which he integrated into graphic, vibrant works that utilized mass-production technologies such as printmaking, photography and silkscreening. Later in his career, Warhol expanded his oeuvre to include other forms of media, founding Interview magazine and producing fashion shoots and films on-site at the Factory, his world-famous studio in New York.

Born and educated in in Pittsburgh, Warhol moved to New York City in 1949 and built a successful career as a commercial illustrator. Although he made whimsical drawings as a hobby during these years, his career as a fine artist began in the mid-1950s with ink-blot drawings and hand-drawn silkscreens. The 1955 lithograph You Can Lead a Shoe to Water illustrates how he incorporated in his artwork advertising styles and techniques, in this case shoe commercials.

As a child, Warhol was often sick and spent much of his time in bed, where he would make sketches and put together collections of movie-star photographs. He described this period as formative in terms of his skills and interests. Indeed, Warhol remained obsessed with celebrities throughout his career, often producing series devoted to a famous face or an object from the popular culture, such as Chairman Mao or Campbell’s tomato soup. The 1967 silkscreen Marilyn 25 embodies his love of bright color and famous subjects.

Warhol was a prominent cultural figure in New York during the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s. The Factory was a gathering place for the era’s celebrities, writers, drag queens and fellow artists, and collaboration was common. To this day, Warhol remains one of the most important artists of the 20th century and continues to exert influence on contemporary creators.

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