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1970, 1987, Andy Warhol, Art, Beauty, Bianca Jagger, Big Shots: Andy Warhol Polaroids, Classic, Culture, Dorothy Hamill, Duke University, Grace Jones, Icon, Image, Immediacy, Jack Nicklaus, Jean - Michel Basquiat, Legendary, life, Momentous, Nasher Museum of Art, Passion, Photography, Polaroid, Polaroid Big Shot, Reality, Rick Ocasek, Silkscreen Paintings, Truman Capote, Visionary
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Andy Warhol understood the power of immediacy, & the Polaroid Big Shot camera he purchased in 1970 became his favorite tool 2 capture the heat of the momentous life he lived. The exhibition Big Shots: Andy Warhol Polaroids @the Nasher Museum of Art @ Duke University features nearly 250 Polaroids & 75 blk/wht prints of the images taken by Warhol from 1970 ~ 1987.
Touching on how Warhol experimented w/photography, exhibit includes his films from the 60s, in addition 2 thousands of Polaroids ft. celebrity confidantes such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Truman Capote, Dorothy Hamill, Bianca Jagger, Grace Jones, Jack Nicklaus & Rick Ocasek, which he used as studies for his silkscreen paintings.
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