Christopher Makos, born in 1948, is an American photographer and artist. He spent his adolescence in California and as a young adult, moved to Paris, France, to study architecture. After extensive traveling throughout Europe, Makos became the apprentice of Man Ray, a photographer and close friend of Marcel Duchamp. During the great artist's last birthday celebrations in Italy, the master Surrealist Man Ray took a special interest in Makos and shared many practical insights into his working method as a photographer.
In 1977, Makos burst onto the photography scene with his book, White Trash. This raw, beautiful chronicle of the downtown NYC punk scene, interspersed with portraits of Uptown Boldface names, became a turning point for his career as a photographic journalist. Makos became close friends and collaborated extensively with Andy Warhol, whom he showed how to use his first camera. Warhol dubbed Makos the "most modern photographer in America" and his book, Warhol: A Photographic Memoir, details his extensive travels and friendship with the Pop art superstar. Later, Makos introduced Warhol to the work of both Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring, connecting the major players of the contemporary art world.
Makos continued to document the New York scene throughout the 1980s using his Interview Magazine "IN" column to present up and coming stars such as Matt Dillon, Christian Slater, Robert Downey Jr. and Tom Ford. Makos then began his long-term love affair with Spain, where he continues to be a regular in Madrid. His portraits of Pedro Almodovar, Agatha Ruiz de la Prada, Bibi Andersen and Miguel Bose helped identify La Movida. Makos has developed his distinctive photographic style to take legendary photographs of the world’s most famous icons, including portraits of Keith Haring, Andy Warhol, Elizabeth Taylor, Salvador Dalí, John Lennon, Tennessee Williams and Mick Jagger. Makos's work has been in the permanent collections of more than 100 museums and major private collections, including those of Malcolm Forbes, Pedro Almodóvar and Gianni Versace.
Christopher Makos’s photos have been the subject of numerous exhibitions both in galleries and museums throughout the United States, Europe and Japan and have appeared in countless magazines and newspapers worldwide. His work has been published in Interview, Rolling Stone, House & Garden, Connoisseur, New York magazine, Esquire, Genre and People, among many others. The beloved portrait of Warhol wrapped in a flag was featured on the front cover of the Spring 1990 issue of the Smithsonian Studies.
Makos’s projects include a book of his SX 70 Polaroids, with an essay by his friend Calvin Klein. Lady Warhol, published in 2010, presents 120 portraits of Andy in various wigs and make-up guises from the 1981 two-day Makos shoot they conceived as an homage to Man Ray's Rrose Sélavy collaboration.
Christopher Makos has truly become a seminal figure in the contemporary art scene in New York — find a collection of his photography today on 1stDibs.
(Biography provided by Arton Contemporary)
Chris Makos Original Gold Silkscreen Painting of Salvador Dali Pop Art
By Christopher Makos
Located in Surfside, FL
Signed Screen Print and Acrylic on Canvas. Christopher Makos, American photographer and artist, apprenticed with photographer Man Ray in Paris and collaborated with Andy Warhol, who...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,225
H 24 in W 20 in
Up - Original Colorful Mixed Media Abstract Vibrant Spontaneous Art
By Jonas Fisch
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swedish artist Jonas Fisch’s imagery is vibrantly buzzing with colorful commentary on society - past and present - morphed into figures, words, and shapes. His heavily layered canvas...
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Board
$2,800
H 56 in W 39 in
Mickey's Dreamland - Original Pop Art Painting with Cartoon Character
By Naguy Claude
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Naguy Claude mixes popular culture icons and street art with comic and cartoon characters, as well as famous superheroes, in his original layered mixed media paintings. His artworks ...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
$8,200
H 49 in W 42 in
Lifetime of Adventures - Original Framed Figurative Man & Woman Pop Art Painting
By Nelson De La Nuez
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nelson De La Nuez is one of the most sought-after contemporary Pop artists practicing today. His striking, vivid mixed media artwork borrows motifs and messages from the language of ...
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Summer Glitch - Vibrant Mixed Media Surreal Artwork on Canvas
By Kate Tova
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vibrant, large-scale multimedia artworks incorporate reflective mediums and thick textures in Kate Tova's recent work. Colors splash across the page melding into flourishes of sequins, rhinestones, and glitter. The natural beauty of her subjects is juxtaposed against the "engine of technology" inspiring personal and innovative compositions. Surreal and vibrant, Tova's work thematically and stylistically layers her life experiences. This unique 48 inch square artwork...
Gold Leaf
$1,225
H 24 in W 20 in
Bent Out - Original Colorful Mixed Media Abstract Vibrant Spontaneous Art
By Jonas Fisch
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swedish artist Jonas Fisch’s imagery is vibrantly buzzing with colorful commentary on society - past and present - morphed into figures, words, and shapes. His heavily layered canvas...
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Board
$160Sale Price|20% Off
H 11.82 in W 15.75 in D 0.79 in
SAILBOAT. Original Painting by Stasy Vo
Located in Zofingen, AG
This is a picture of a great mood) A fair wind in your back and a cheerful run on the waves - the joy of adventure and discoveries ahead! Artwork painted on stretched canvas (cotton 30x40cm), used textured paste for additional volume and covered with matt varnish, with a hanger on velvet back. Also here you can check out more vivid seascapes from Stasy Vo...
Canvas, Acrylic
$7,500
H 42 in W 30 in D 2 in
"Wild Day in Gotham" 42x30" mixed media canvas, Batman, Superman, Bullet holes
By Ceravolo
Located in Southampton, NY
A worthless painting is stolen and Batman and Robin summon The Flash and Superman to help capture the thief while "G" the gopher practices his painting technique...____________ but why for a worthless painting.________________ to be continued. This one of a kind, work on canvas titled "Wild Day in Gotham" measures 42x30" framed, canvas size is 40x28". It combines images of Ceravolo's original super hero paintings with a mixture of images from vintage comic books. Once Ceravolo is satisfied with the composition he then prints the one of a kind image on canvas at his studio using pigmented inks and then adds hand work to the art with spray paint, acrylic and polymer. Ceravolo's paintings are in many influential corporate and private collections, including: ELTON JOHN, ROD STEWART, HUGH M. HEFNER, DAVID BRENNER, MONIQUE VAN VOOREN, WARNER BROS., RCA RECORDS AND SCHENLEY INDUSTRIES to name a few. His Large scale paintings have received international acclaim for more four decades and his art came to popular attention when he was commissioned to create 5 large scale oil on canvas portraits of Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, Frank Zappa, Neil Young and Hall and Oates for the lobby of The Palladium Theatre in New York City. I have included images of Ceravolo with some of his celebrity collectors along with the story "Rock and Roll Painter" from the vintage music magazine...
Canvas, Acrylic Polymer, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$1,450
H 23 in Dm 23 in
Pop art, pink acrylic on canvas, contemporary, Bunnies figurative
By Bustart
Located in New York, NY
Hand painted - acrylic on canvas - 1/1 In 1999 BustArt began his artistic career with classic Graffiti. Until 2005, he became familiar with the whole spectrum of Graffiti and reache...
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Scum
By Skylar Fein
Located in New Orleans, LA
medium: silkscreen and acrylic on canvas Skylar Fein was born in Greenwich Village and raised in the Bronx. He has had many careers including teaching nonviolent resistance under ...
Acrylic, Canvas
Sausalito Glitch
By Kate Tova
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vibrant, large-scale multimedia artworks incorporate reflective mediums and thick textures in Kate Tova's recent work. Colors splash across the page melding into flourishes of sequins, rhinestones, and glitter. The natural beauty of her subjects is juxtaposed against the "engine of technology" inspiring personal and innovative compositions. Surreal and vibrant, Tova's work thematically and stylistically layers her life experiences. This 40-inches square artwork...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$5,000
H 38 in W 46 in D 2 in
"Breakfast with Audrey" Spray Paint, Acrylic & mixed media with Diamond Dust
By Ceravolo
Located in Southampton, NY
We have listed this original Diamond Dust canvas by Ceravolo at a SPECIAL sale price for the 1stdibs Saturday sale. Timing is everything, if you are viewing this on Saturday the first day of the sale you can purchase this at 45% off of the regular gallery price. This work titled "Breakfast with Audrey" is Acrylic, Spray Paint and Diamond Dust on canvas over a unique stylized photo. The canvas measures 38x46" framed and is inspired by the Movie "Breakfast at Tiffany's" starring Audrey Hepburn. The painting features two unique photographic images of Audrey. Ceravolo has hand painted in acrylic a Pop Art diamond ring inspired from the luxury ring on the Monopoly game board. Also as a POP ART reference to Tiffany and Company he has hand painted in acrylic a Pop Art style paper coffee cup with a cup holder painted Tiffany BLUE...
Canvas, Archival Ink, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Clem$ - The Godfather
By Clem$
Located in PARIS, FR
Clem$ was born in 1974 in France. He is self-taught (autodidact), and showed talent for drawing and caricature from a young age. After an early interest, he diverted for a time—he ex...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
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H 24 in W 20 in
Chris Makos Original Gold Silkscreen Painting of Salvador Dali Pop Art
By Christopher Makos
Located in Surfside, FL
Signed Screen Print and Acrylic on Canvas. Christopher Makos, American photographer and artist, apprenticed with photographer Man Ray in Paris and collaborated with Andy Warhol, whom he showed how to use his first camera. He introduced Warhol to the work of both Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring. Makos' work has been in the permanent collections of more than 100 museums and major private collections, including those of Malcolm Forbes, Pedro Almodóvar, and Gianni Versace. His photographs of Warhol, Haring, Tennessee Williams and others have been auctioned regularly at Sotheby's. Warhol called Makos the "most modern photographer in America". Chris Makos...
Canvas, Acrylic
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H 20.5 in W 16 in
Christopher Makos, "Andy Warhol Collage, " Sewn Photo Collage, circa 1985
By Christopher Makos
Located in Long Island City, NY
This sewn collage of gelatin silver prints was created by American photographer Christopher Makos. Makos is well known for his relationships with icons like Andy Warhol, Tennessee Wi...
Thread, Silver Gelatin
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H 24 in W 20 in
Chris Makos Original Gold Silkscreen Painting of Salvador Dali Pop Art
By Christopher Makos
Located in Surfside, FL
Signed Screen Print and Acrylic on Canvas. Christopher Makos, American photographer and artist, apprenticed with photographer Man Ray in Paris and collaborated with Andy Warhol, whom he showed how to use his first camera. He introduced Warhol to the work of both Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring. Makos' work has been in the permanent collections of more than 100 museums and major private collections, including those of Malcolm Forbes, Pedro Almodóvar, and Gianni Versace. His photographs of Warhol, Haring, Tennessee Williams and others have been auctioned regularly at Sotheby's. Warhol called Makos the "most modern photographer in America". Chris Makos...
Canvas, Acrylic