Andy [Hardcover]

Christopher Makos (Author), Ingrid Sischy (Introduction)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2001

For the first time since they were shot in 1981, the story behind Christopher Makos' Altered Images photographs of Andy Warhol is told. Makos has a history of recognizing trends, fashions and social movements long before most others. His highly acclaimed book White Trash caught Warhol's eye and the two men began a friendship based on an ever-flowing exchange of ideas, inspiration and technical knowledge. Inspired by the famous photographs that Man Ray took of Marcel Duchamp in drag in 1921, "Rrose Selavy," Makos created a fresh and unique concept. Mixing elements of style, traditional gender cues, and mysterious sexuality, Makos went beyond portrait and photojournalism, giving a glimpse into the future of blurred gender and alternative drag. Evocation, intimate and campy, Andy is a true reflection of Makos' and Warhol's uniquely creative and fertile collaboration.

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Warhol was a wily and prescient artist whose persona and work continue to yield surprising revelations. Cutlural critic Koestenbaum, in his recent Andy Warhol, writes at length about Warhol's fascination with doubling and the divide between inner and outer lives, an obsession outed in Makos' 1981 photographs of the artist in partial drag. Either wraithlike in faded jeans, white shirt, and tie, or regal wrapped in a white sheet, Warhol wears various women's wigs and starlet makeup, staring into the camera with an aging diva's pride and melancholy. In some shots, he holds a mirror, in one he balances a tape recorder on his lap--the tools of his trade. Ingrid Sischy ponders the paradox of Warhol's distinctive personality and chameleonlike aura, and Makos describes his collaboration with the artist-turned-model that resulted in images so unsettling they were kept under wraps for 20 years. Donna Seaman
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 72 pages
• Publisher: Assouline; First Edition edition (September 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 8879837214
• ISBN-13: 978-8879837217
• ASIN: 2843232791
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,268,107 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dandy Andy as Photographed by Makos, September 24, 2002

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Robert Summers (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Andy (Hardcover)

During a collaborative art-project in the early 1980s, Christopher Makos, a brilliant artist in his own right, transformed the Pop artist Andy Warhol into a bi-gendered diva. Always on the cutting edge, documenting the queer subcultures of NYC and beyond, Makos brilliantly captures Warhol's other persona -- his queer, anti-normative persona -- it is important to note that Warhol often requested interviewers and the like to call him *Ms. Andy Warhol* -- which is materialized in these photographs.
From Makos' black and white photographs to his black and white contact sheets, this new art book by Makos is a must have for anyone and everyone interested in the art of Makos, the image of Warhol, and the collaboration of artists -- especially two important and influential artists such as Makos and Warhol.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Chris rides on Andy's Coat Tails, November 25, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Andy (Hardcover)

In another attempt to tie himself to the aura and radicalness of Warhol, Makos throws out another badly reproduced book of his 1981 collaboration with Warhol, entitled *Altered Images*. Not only are the images of an extremely poor quality, but also the essay by Makos is embarassing! (Doesn't Assouline Press have a proofreader? Does Makos have a clue?) People "in the know" are extremely bored by Makos' use of a quote by Warhol - which goes something like - "Makos is the most modern photographer in America" - doesn't Makos understand irony?
This book should never have been published - though the project itself is interesting - this book fails (on all accounts) to be interesting. From bad reproductions (or is that the only way Makos knows how to print?) to a boring, sappy, mostly mythical essay to an overall third rate book publication, this is an excellent example of yet another 70/80s dud living off of Warhol.
If you want to see some better reproductions get *The Warhol Look* - which also contains the Polaroids of Warhol in (partial) drag - which are much more interesting than Makos' sorry photographs.