A look at major painting exhibitions: Andy Warhol with four hands (or more): the artistic collaborations of the Pope of Pop Art

French

Lecture by PIERRE-EMMANUEL PERRIER DE LA BÂTHIE
Lecturer in art history, contemporary period Catholic Institute of Paris

The collaboration between Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat is one of the most prolific in the history of art, and is systematically evoked whenever one or other of the two artists or the New York scene of the 1980s is highlighted. This commercial and artistic success quickly took on a mythical dimension, fully supported by the extraordinary - and dramatic - destinies of both authors, and holds an unrivalled place in the careers of both. Yet Warhol's work, from his arrival in New York in 1949 until his death in 1987, is peppered with a plethora of four-handed (or more) productions. These collaborations, which led to artistic productions as varied as they were unexpected, represent an essential part of his creative output. Through the diversity of their forms and the multiplicity of players involved, they reveal as much about the richness of the Pop Art pope's work, as they do about his incredible ability to draw artistic benefit from everything.

About Pierre-Emmanuel Perrier de La Bâthie

A former student at the École normale supérieure and the École du Louvre, Pierre-Emmanuel Perrier de La Bâthie is a lecturer in contemporary art history at the Institut catholique de Paris. As a historian, he works on the "photographic writing" of the lives of twentieth-century artists such as Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp, Salvador Dalí, Frida Kahlo and Andy Warhol.