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Bold, bright and blonde - Banksy’s Kate Moss wittily pays homage to Andy Warhol’s iconic portraits of Marilyn Monroe. Moss flaunts Monroe’s most iconic attributes – her signature curls, flirtatious eyelashes, boldly-defined lips, and prominent beauty-spot. As well as Monroe’s superimposed features, the addition of flat, solid color in contrasting tones acts to capture Warhol’s vivid Pop aesthetic. Although Moss emulates Monroe so closely, she does not imitate her gaze – whereas Monroe seductively stares straight out at the viewer, Moss gazes into the distance with a tantalizingly nonchalant coolness.
In recreating Warhol’s work in the 21st Century, Banksy both praises the artist and adds a new level of criticality. In Marilyn (1967), Warhol glamorizes fame but simultaneously satirically comments on the notion of celebrity and its position as ‘spectacle’ in consumer culture. Repeating Monroe’s portrait through screenprinting, her image became a commercial product, no longer attached to her as an individual but as a product of her era. Kate Moss is arguably Monroe’s successor: a contemporary fashion icon, she is one of the most famous supermodels of her time. Banksy uses the image of Kate Moss with the same intentions as his predecessor – the commodification of visual icons.
"I think I was trying to make a statement about the endless recycling of an icon by endlessly recycling an icon." —Banksy, discussing his graffiti of Che GuevaraBy drawing a parallel between Moss and Monroe, Banksy also draws a parallel between Warhol and himself. The two artists are often compared for their cut-to-the-chase approach that communicates witty social commentary whilst using the most straightforward visual language. But, of course, there is one hugely significant difference: whereas Warhol cultivated his own celebrity status and became a star with a widely recognizable image, Banksy has fervently preserved his anonymity. For Monroe, Moss and Warhol, their image has become so crucial to their identity – Banksy, however, is only visualized through his art. Ironically, however, Banksy’s hidden identity has become central to his reputation. When questioned in a 2014 interview why he is so persistent in keeping his identity secret, Banksy said that as well as to undermine the authorities, ‘the secretiveness is also because I feel this kind of thing creates its own kind of buzz.’ By concealing his identity, Banksy has become even more alluring. Perhaps, despite his anonymity, Banksy is equally as conscious of the powers of fame as Warhol.
"Nobody ever listened to me until they didn’t know who I was." —Banksy
Lot 59 Andy Warhol, Marilyn, 1967. Artwork: © 2022 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York 來源
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私人收藏，2005 年
倫敦，佳士得，2021 年 9 月 23 日，拍品編號 6
現藏者購自上述拍賣藝術家簡介
班克斯
British • 1975 - N/A
Anonymous street artist Banksy first turned to graffiti as a miserable fourteen year old disillusioned with school. Inspired by the thriving graffiti community in his home city, Bristol, Banksy's works began appearing on trains and walls in 1993, and by 2001 his blocky, spray-painted works had cropped up all over the United Kingdom. Typically crafting his images with spray paint and cardboard stencils, Banksy is able to achieve a meticulous level of detail. His aesthetic is clean and instantly readable due to his knack for reducing complex political and social statements to simple visual elements.
His graffiti, paintings and screenprints use whimsy and humour to satirically critique war, capitalism, hypocrisy and greed — with not even the Royal family safe from his anti-establishment wit.
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《凱特．莫絲（紅色/靛色）》
2005年作
絲網印刷 編織紙本（全包邊）
圖像：20 7/8 x 20 7/8 英吋 (53 x 53 公分)
紙本：27 1/2 x 27 1/2 英吋 (70 x 70 公分)
款識：簽名、日期、16/20
由倫敦 Pictures on Walls 出版，附 Pest Control 工作室之保證書，此為已裱。
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$180,000 - 250,000
212 940 1220
限量版畫及紙本作品
紐約拍賣 2022年10月24至26日
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安迪．沃荷
《英國女王伊麗莎白二世–來自「在位女王」（皇家版）(F. & S. 336A)》
估價 $200,000 - 300,000
成交價 $352,800
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