As a new exhibition dedicated to Warhol opens at Château La Coste in Provence, collector and curator Jim Hedges talks us through his lesser-known photographs
is standing outside an ancient bastide-turned-gallery in the heart of Château La Coste in Provence, while 48 pieces of his rarefied collection ofis just one of the shows being installed at the 600-acre hotel, sculpture park and vineyard, taking prime position on their small and dedicated roster of summer exhibitions hand-picked by Paddy McKillen, the art connoisseur, previous owner to Claridge’s and now owner of the eccentric art destination now playing host to the exhibit.
“Whether it’s a literal voyage of travel to someplace, whether familiar or exotic, whether it’s a voyage into culture, or of all that being American represents – those are the themes that I thought about when I selected this body of work,” he says.
“His portraits all started as Polaroids. He would take a photo of somebody, and then blow that up, turn it into an acetate screen,“ says Hedges. “Then if he was making a print he would put it on paper, and if he was making a painting he would put it on canvas – but it was really the same process.” Hedges points towards a nearby example: a striking photograph of Blondie’s lead vocalist.
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