Madrid - Figurative Photography

Matthew Barney, Cremaster 5: Her Giant, 1997 C-print mounted under Plexiglas Signed and dated by the artist, with artist’s stamp on verso Edition: 6 of 6 An iconic work by American ...

Yasumasa Morimura – An Inner Dialogue with Frida Kahlo (Fairy Tale), 2001 C-print on canvas, signed and numbered 3/5 on label affixed to the reverse. Measurements (with frame): W 124...

Andy Dandy (TEN), 2007 The Hilton Brothers (Christopher Makos y Paul Solberg). Pigmented inks on photographic paper. 5/5 Edition. The Hilton Brothers latest collaboration, ANDYDANDY, is a portfolio of 20 digital pigment prints. All are diptychs that combine images from Makos "Altered Image" portraits of Andy Warhol with flower images from Solberg's "Bloom" series. The images of Andy Warhol in "Andy Dandy" are the result of a 1981 collaboration between Makos and Warhol called "Altered Image", through which the photographer and his subject used unexpected combinations of simple elements to explore Identity, as did Man Ray (Makos' mentor) and Duchamp decades earlier. Warhol slightly altered his appearance with make-up and a wig, otherwise remaining in his street clothes. It was all the outward change Warhol felt he needed. Andy said, "I'm not trying to look beautiful like Elizabeth Taylor, I'm trying to show what it feels like to be beautiful like Elizabeth Taylor." Solberg's photographs of single flowers, exquisitely composed and lit, pare the images down to the intensity of color and form. Solberg undertook his study of flowers as an exercise in using light...

"THE PAITIO DE LOS LEONES", THE ALHAMBRA IN GRANADA, SPAIN ARTIST UNKNOWN laminate 8-1/4 x 22-1/4 inches (20.5 x 56 cm.) framed: 13 x 27 inches (32.5 x 68.3 cm.) PROVENANCE Private ...