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Andy Warhol Paints Debbie Harry on an Amiga Computer
by Chris Higgins - April 30, 2009 - 3:33 PM

So this is nerdy. Here’s a video from 1985 in which Andy Warhol digitally paints over a photo of Debbie Harry, at an Amiga computer launch. When they show the Amiga’s screen, check out the amazing lifelike graphics!

See also: Picasso’s “Think Different” Mac ad (though no actual computers are involved).

(Via Kottke.org.)

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  1. Stellar find.

    Haha, Warhol’s so chill…he’s hilarious.

    posted by Jo on 4-30-2009 at 5:02 pm

  2. My girlfriend’s grandmom was friends with Andy Warhol.
    He painted a whole deck of cards for a game of poker at her house one time but she lost them all.

    posted by Beau on 5-1-2009 at 2:46 am

  3. That event was the Amiga’s unveiling for the press. The paint program Warhol used was a quick’n'dirty hack the software team cobbled together for the demo. Later programs like Deluxe Paint were the most advanced of their time.

    posted by airship on 5-1-2009 at 10:44 am

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