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4. Paranoid Styles: Warhol’s and Richter’s Conspiracy Theories of Painting
John J. Curley
Description: A Conspiracy of Images: Andy Warhol, Gerhard Richter, and the Art of the Cold War
A Conspiracy of Images: Andy Warhol, Gerhard Richter, and the Art of the Cold War
~~In the spring of 1961, Andy Warhol and Gerhard Richter each committed an act of artistic treason. Warhol began painting copies of print advertisements that critiqued his successful commercial art practice and, by implication, capitalism. Richter repudiated Socialist Realism by escaping to West Germany, where he would...
Author
John J. Curley
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright© 2013 by John J. Curley
Related print edition pages: pp.117-159
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00001.007
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-19741
Chapter subject tags:Conspiracy theoriesBrand name products in artCold War in artPop artAppropriation (Art)

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4. Paranoid Styles: Warhol’s and Richter’s Conspiracy Theories of Painting