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Richard Pettibone — Andy Warhol "Electric Chair", 1963
Richard Pettibone

Andy Warhol "Electric Chair", 1963

1996

Richard Pettibone's 1963 work appropriates Andy Warhol's iconic "Electric Chair" image, reducing it to a small scale while maintaining the silkscreen aesthetic of the original series. Working in acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas, Pettibone engages in a practice of meticulous replication that questions notions of originality and authorship within Pop Art. The work exemplifies Pettibone's broader strategy of creating miniature copies of modernist masterpieces, transforming the scale and context of high art through a gesture that is both homage and critique.

Medium
acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas, in artist's frame

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Richard Pettibone, Andy Warhol "Electric Chair", 1963, 1996

Richard Pettibone's 1963 work appropriates Andy Warhol's iconic "Electric Chair" image, reducing it to a small scale while maintaining the silkscreen aesthetic of the original series. Working in acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas, Pettibone engages in a practice of meticulous replication that questions notions of originality and authorship within Pop Art. The work exemplifies Pettibone's broader strategy of creating miniature copies of modernist masterpieces, transforming the scale and context of high art through a gesture that is both homage and critique.

Medium
acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas, in artist's frame
Year
1996
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Repetition technique, Dark Aesthetic, 20th Century, Institutional Critique, Capital Punishment, Appropriation Art, American Artist, Pop Art, Political Commentary, Silkscreen Print

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