Warhol on Warhol
Andy Warhol Self-Portrait, 1986
© Andy Warhol Foundation / Corbis
© Andy Warhol Foundation / Corbis
Between the 12th of February and the 2nd of May 2005 The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh hosted the only UK showing of a unique collection of self-portraits by the pop artist Andy Warhol.
Hand Pict Producer, Kerry Cathro negotiated exclusive access to the exhibition for a forty-minute arts documentary for Five. The documentary reviewed self-portraits Warhol made throughout his life - from his early pencil drawings - through his iconic silk screens of the sixties - to the last set of images made months before his unexpected death in 1987 after a routine operation in a New York Hospital.
Hand Pict filmed with a range of participants from the contemporary art world which took the production to New York to interview people who knew and had worked with Warhol - not all of them found him an easy person to be with. The photographer Nat Finklestein commenting that Warhol was "living proof that in order to be a great artist you don't have to be decent human being..."
His self portraits in the exhibition were as enigmatic and controversial as he was in real life. His legacy is undeniable - Curator Keith Hartley observing that "modern art would not be in the place it currently occupies without the influence of Andy Warhol"
The New York shoot was facilitated by Atlantic Television - Hand Pict hiring both gear and crew from Atlantic avoided the extra hassle of the carnet process in what was already a very tight schedule. The New York crew travelled from location to location with the director George Cathro in a New York taxi - a very Warholian thing to do. George even kept some receipts...
The programme was on air twice during the life of the exhibition. The first transmission was on Five on March 2nd 2005 at 7.15pm and once again in late April.
Director - George Cathro
Research - Claire Buchanan
UK Camera - Dave Miller
UK Sound - Richard Paterson
New York camera - Howard Krupa
New York Sound - Ivo Hanak
Editor - Simon Blakeley
Sound Dub - Paul Wilson
Producer - Kerry Cathro
Hand Pict Producer, Kerry Cathro negotiated exclusive access to the exhibition for a forty-minute arts documentary for Five. The documentary reviewed self-portraits Warhol made throughout his life - from his early pencil drawings - through his iconic silk screens of the sixties - to the last set of images made months before his unexpected death in 1987 after a routine operation in a New York Hospital.
Hand Pict filmed with a range of participants from the contemporary art world which took the production to New York to interview people who knew and had worked with Warhol - not all of them found him an easy person to be with. The photographer Nat Finklestein commenting that Warhol was "living proof that in order to be a great artist you don't have to be decent human being..."
His self portraits in the exhibition were as enigmatic and controversial as he was in real life. His legacy is undeniable - Curator Keith Hartley observing that "modern art would not be in the place it currently occupies without the influence of Andy Warhol"
The New York shoot was facilitated by Atlantic Television - Hand Pict hiring both gear and crew from Atlantic avoided the extra hassle of the carnet process in what was already a very tight schedule. The New York crew travelled from location to location with the director George Cathro in a New York taxi - a very Warholian thing to do. George even kept some receipts...
The programme was on air twice during the life of the exhibition. The first transmission was on Five on March 2nd 2005 at 7.15pm and once again in late April.
Director - George Cathro
Research - Claire Buchanan
UK Camera - Dave Miller
UK Sound - Richard Paterson
New York camera - Howard Krupa
New York Sound - Ivo Hanak
Editor - Simon Blakeley
Sound Dub - Paul Wilson
Producer - Kerry Cathro