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 7 February - 1 April 2002
Introduction |
Room Guide |
Timeline
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cafe |
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Room 20: Reversals
Continuing his experiments with painting, Warhol returned to a number of his most famous motifs, reversing the
tonal values to resemble a photographic negative.
The negative is usually the 'original' from which a photograph is printed, so there is a certain paradox in the idea
of making 'copies' of earlier paintings in this negative form.
The series also reflected Warhol's increasing fascination with shadow, as the darkest areas in the original
images were transformed into the brightest highlights.
Other works in the series combined a negative image with diamond dust, which Warhol sprinkled over the
canvas as the silkscreen dried. In some, the image is nearly obliterated so that it resembles an abstract painting.
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