“People should fall in love with their eyes closed. Just close your eyes. Don’t
“People should fall in love with their eyes closed. Just close your eyes. Don’t look and it’s magic.” – Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 - February 22, 1987). Picture: “Lady Warhol,” New York City, May 10, 1981. Photo by Christopher Makos. Among many other things, Andy Warhol, who would turn eighty-eight today, was an openly queer person before and after Stonewall who made overtly queer imagery accessible, commercially successful, and beautiful. And, with the Factory, Warhol created a safe place for an LGBT community that produced icons and pioneers like Marsha P. Johnson, Lou Reed, Candy Darling, Holly Woodlawn, and Joe Campbell. The impact of Warhol’s work, moreover, continues to be felt far beyond the queer community. Of his famous portrait of Marilyn Monroe, for example, one historian wrote: “Portraiture is almost as old as art itself and one of the most used genres in art-making…It being so commonly used, not many artists can claim to have changed the course of or set a new standard in portraiture, Warhol can.” Andy Warhol died on February 22, 1987, after complications from routine gallbladder surgery; he was fifty-eight. #lgbthistory #lgbtherstory #lgbttheirstory #lgbtpride #queerhistorymatters #haveprideinhistory #andywarhol #happybirthdayandy (at New York, New York) -- source link
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