Andy Warhol’s Blow Job

I just posted a long overdue review of Peter Gidal’s essay on Andy Warhol’s Blow Job published by Afterall. You can check it out here.

And for all those who have not seen this work before here is another Warhol YouTube moment for you to enjoy. Obviously this is no substitute for seeing the work in person but it gives you an idea.

On another note I noticed the other day that the Warhol Museum now has its own YouTube account. This is fantastic news although they do seem to have fallen into the classic YouTube trap of giving a everything a sound track of cheesy music!

The Art of YouTube

It’s been a while since I last blogged but I thought I would start by going back to something I have touched on before: art and YouTube videos. In my last post I mentioned finding performance pieces on YouTube which we were not allowed to watch in full at an acedemic conference. I assumed that this meant that the video was illegal, but apparently this is not so. Lynn kindly pointed out to me that this was an officially sanctioned release, which is fantastic!

There is so much added value when a gallery visitor is able to see examples of work online. It allows them to find out more about something, and I think it acts as an active encouragement for people to get out and visit galleries.

With that in mind, I wanted to highlight the Warhol Museum’s newsletter which always has little easter eggs like youtube videos or mobile phone ring tones to give away to its readers. It’s fantastic – and if you’re sitting on a lot of content why not!

What I really want to know is if they posted this on YouTube themselves, or if they just found this by googling…

What Remains: The Life and Death of the Skull in Contemporary Art

Strangely it seems as though some people are interested in coming to hear me speak. Later today I will be at the Fruitmarket Gallery talking about Andy Warhol’s Skulls series of 1976 as part of a seminar looking at the skull in contemporary art. Apart from myself are other more respected speakers including Dawn Ades (University of Essex) and Tiffany Jenkins (Institute for Ideas) so if your interested come along!