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Charles Lutz
Elizabeth Taylor Denied Andy Warhol Mint Liz Painting Charles Lutz Pop Art
2008

Name: Elizabeth Taylor Denied Andy Warhol Mint Liz Painting Charles Lutz Pop Art
Brand: Charles Lutz
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£18,656.08

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A$35,674.41

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Denied Warhol Mint Green Liz Painting on canvas by Charles Lutz Silkscreen and acrylic paint on canvas with the artist's Denied stamp of the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board. 40 x 40" inches 2008 Lutz's 2007 ''Warhol Denied'' series gained international attention, calling into question the importance of originality or lack thereof in the work of Andy Warhol. The authentication/denial process of the [[Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board]] was used to create value by submitting recreations of Warhol works for judgment, with the full intention for the works to be formally marked "DENIED". The final product of the conceptual project, being "officially denied" "Warhol" paintings authored by Lutz. The solid silver background version of Liz stands out for its luminous, monochromatic elegance that mirrors Warhol's own fascination with surface, repetition, and glamour, making it one of the most visually striking and thematically resonant pieces in Lutz's exploration of art-world power structures. Lutz received his BFA in Painting and Art History from Pratt Institute and studied Human Dissection and Anatomy at Columbia University, New York. Lutz's work deals with perceptions and value structures, specifically the idea of the transference of values. Lutz's 2007 Warhol Denied series received international attention calling into question the importance of originality in a work of art. The valuation process (authentication or denial) of the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board was used by the artist to create value by submitting recreations of Warhol works for judgment, with the full intention for the works to be formally marked "DENIED" of their authenticity. The final product of this conceptual project were "Officially DENIED" "Warhol" paintings authored by Lutz. Later in 2013, Lutz went on to do one of his largest public installations to date. At the 100th Anniversary of Marcel Duchamp's groundbreaking and controversial Armory Show, Lutz was asked by the curator of Armory Focus: USA and former Director of The Andy Warhol Museum, Eric Shiner to create a site-specific installation representing the US. The installation "Babel" (based on Pieter Bruegel's famous painting) consisted of 1500 cardboard replicas of Warhol's Brillo Box (Stockholm Type) stacked 20 ft tall. All 1500 boxes were then given to the public freely, debasing the Brillo Box as an art commodity by removing its value, in addition to debasing its willing consumers. As a canonization of the actress and as a comment on the manufactured nature of fame, Warhol achieved his desired aesthetic effect in the iconic Liz by employing silkscreen. As a process that he had begun on an experimental basis in 1962, Warhol recognized both the instant electricity and underlying artificiality it generated; indeed, the inky superimpositions of photo-derived screens on the bright, hand-painted hues epitomized Pop in their brand-like distinctness. Using the Duchampian methodology that he brought to his previous celebrity portraits such as the Marilyns, he created Liz using a publicity image of the actress, later cropping the bust-length image just below the chin, and sizing the screen to an enlargement of this detail. Despite the compositional crafted nature and forced flatness, Liz bears a poignant touch of humanity. While Warhol famously quipped, “I think everybody should be a machine,” his silk screening process eschews the potential for machine-like perfection and instead relishes in premeditated misalignments and compositional irregularities (A. Warhol, quoted in G.R. Swenson, “What is Pop Art? Answers from 8 Painters, Part I,” Art News62, no. 7, November 1963, p. 26). The intended effects insinuate a physical dissolution that evokes a fleeting presence, indicating the inherent transience of fame: “The silkscreened image, reproduced whole, has the character of an involuntary imprint. It is a memorial in the sense that it resembles memory -- sometimes vividly present, sometimes elusive, always open to embellishment as well as loss” (T. Crow, “Saturday Disasters: Trace and Reference in Early Warhol,” After the Party: Andy Warhol Works 1956-1986, exh. cat., Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, 1997, p. 22). Warhol’s insistent link between fame and nostalgia, in fact, is the very basis of these works, which are often generated from old photographs; the one used to create present work, for example, is a publicity photograph from 1950, which predates the painting by some thirteen years. Inspired at a time when Elizabeth Taylor suffered bouts of debilitating sickness, Liz is an extraordinary instance of Warhol’s celebrity portraits that both capture and transcend the vagaries of life. Seen here, more than forty years after its creation, Liz stands as an enduring icon of American culture and a symbol of feminine beauty. Created shortly before Warhol’s serialized reproductions of the Mona Lisa, Liz can be thought of as a latter-day version of enigmatic feminine appeal. Acquire an original work by Charles Lutz (b. 1982), the American conceptual artist known for the Warhol Denied series. These meticulously executed recreations of Andy Warhol icons, stamped “DENIED” with the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board's mark, explore authenticity, authorship, and the construction of artistic value. Lutz’s paintings and sculptures have been exhibited at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater, the New Museum, the Armory Show, the Andy Warhol Museum, Carnegie Museum, and Artipelag in Stockholm. His work has been cited in the U.S. Supreme Court case Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith. Charles Lutz offers refined presence and intellectual depth. A limited number of original paintings and sculptures from the Warhol Denied series and related bodies of work are currently available. Inquire privately for current availability, provenance, and details. Painting sold unframed.

Creator:
Charles Lutz (1982, American)
Creation Year:
2008
Dimensions:
Height: 40 in (101.6 cm)Width: 40 in (101.6 cm)
Medium:
Linen,Acrylic
Movement & Style:
Pop Art
Period:
21st Century
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Brooklyn, NY
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU1227218285742

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Charles Lutz
Elizabeth Taylor Denied Andy Warhol Mint Liz Painting Charles Lutz Pop Art
2008