Andy Warhol b. 1928, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; d. 1987, New York TITLE Self-Portrait in Drag DATE 1981 MEDIUM Dye diffusion transfer print (Polaroid) DIMENSIONS 3 11/16 x 2 7/8 inches (9.4 x 7.3 cm) . . . . #andywarhol #warholtattoo #popart #ignorantstyletattoo #lineworktattoo #finelinetattoo . . . . From the 1970s until his death, Warhol made tens of thousands of Polaroid prints, a method that appealed to him because of its speed, ease, and flattening effects. Polaroids served as working studies for his commissioned society portraits; however, many were never adapted into silkscreens, but remained experimental, intimate prints that the artist preserved in his files. Among these was a series of self-portraits in drag, on which Warhol collaborated with photographer Christopher Makos in the early 1980s. These cross-dressing performances for the camera recall Man Ray’s photographs of Duchamp disguised as his female alter ego, Rrose Sélavy. Warhol had a longstanding interest in drag queens, and more broadly, in artifice, role-playing, and the construction of identity. In his numerous self-portraits, he was less interested in revealing himself than in presenting a mask, just as he carefully cultivated a superficial, depthless celebrity persona in life. Nevertheless, in this image, his masculine features are barely disguised behind his wig and make-up, resulting in a poignant testament to vulnerability and exposure. (Excerpt. Tedd Mann - Guggenheim org) . . . . #tattoo #flashworkers #queer #queerart #queerartist #queertattoo #contemporarytattooing #хоумтату #qttr #ignorantstyletattoo #wtt #tattrx #taot #tttism #ladytattooers #tattoos #visualdaily Done at @akaberlin 🌹 (at Berlin, Germany)
