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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Stellar find.
Haha, Warhol’s so chill…he’s hilarious.
posted by Jo on 4-30-2009 at 5:02 pm
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
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