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What film did Andy Warhol make about two iconic characters?
Empire
Empire is a 1964 American black-and-white silent art film by Andy Warhol….Empire (1964 film)
| Empire | |
|---|---|
| Screenshot from the film | |
| Directed by | Andy Warhol John Palmer |
| Produced by | Andy Warhol |
| Cinematography | Jonas Mekas |
Who did Andy Warhol make a film about?
Andy Warhol filmography
| Year | Film | Cast |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Space | Edie Sedgwick |
| 1965 | Factory Diaries | Paul America, Billy Name, Ondine, Edie Sedgwick |
| 1965 | Outer and Inner Space | Edie Sedgwick |
| 1965 | Prison | Bibbe Hansen, Marie Menken, Edie Sedgwick |
How long is Andy Warhol’s Empire?
8h 5m
Empire/Running time
Did Andy Warhol ever get sued?
Warhol was sued at least three times by photographers who filed copyright infringement claims against him for using their photographs in his work. Patricia Caufield sued him for using her photograph of hibiscus flowers as the subject of his Flowers series, which is part of the exhibition at The Whitney.
What is Andy Warhol best known for?
Pop art movements
Andy Warhol was a successful magazine and ad illustrator who became a leading artist of the 1960s Pop art movements. He ventured into a wide variety of art forms, including performance art, filmmaking, video installations and writing, and controversially blurred the lines between fine art and mainstream aesthetics.
Did Andy Warhol get permission?
He did not own the promotional photograph that he used and he did not have permission to use it. Eventually, Campbell’s Soup tacitly approved of his use because of the free marketing they were receiving, but Warhol’s use of their logo without initial permission was still appropriation.