Andy Warhol | Chanel No.5 (Red) Statement Art Surrey Montreux Jazz Festival (Green)

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Elliott's paintings are about this translation: what paint can do that observation alone cannot

the paint applied with brushes and palette knives in passages of concentrated energy that build the composition layer by layer

The date embedded in the title gives the work its historical anchor: love wins

The Fatale series takes as its subject the femme fatale archetype — the dangerous woman of noir fiction and film — and redraws her in the visual language of the contemporary city

Andy Warhol | Chanel No.5 (Red) Statement Art Surrey Montreux Jazz Festival (Green)Andy Warhol (19281987) Chanel No. 5 (Red) In 1985, Chanel commissioned Andy Warhol to create a series of works based on the iconic No. 5 perfume bottle, a subject that aligned naturally with his long standing interest in consumer products elevated to the status of cultural symbols. The project had precedent: Warhol had been fascinated by packaging and branding since his earliest Pop work of the 1960s, and Chanel No. 5 the most recognisable perfume in