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Artworks
Deborah Kass b. 1952, USA
Double Ghost Yentl (My Elvis), 1997Silkscreen and acrylic on canvas72 x 52 x 1 1/2 in
182.9 x 132.1 x 3.8 cm7352Further images
This work is part of Deb Kass' Jewish Warhol series. In 1992, Kass began a series of works based on the screenprints that Andy Warhol first made in the 1960s....This work is part of Deb Kass' Jewish Warhol series. In 1992, Kass began a series of works based on the screenprints that Andy Warhol first made in the 1960s. Kass employed Warhol's signature mass-production printing process, but switched the content, swapping iconic celebrities and product images out with images of people who have been significant to her, such as artists Cindy Sherman and Elizabeth Murray and art historian Linda Nochlin. Among the most memorable works from this series are Kass' depictions of Barbra Streisand, which emulate Warhol's Elvis series and appropriate images of Streisand from Yentl, a movie about a Jewish woman who dresses and lives as a man in order to receive an education in the Talmudic Law. This project is fundamentally an effort to challenge the framework of art history and directly challenges the lack of Jewish figures in Warhol's work.
Hangs from existing D-rings.Provenance
Artist's studio, NYC
Kavi Gupta, Chicago
Exhibitions
Deborah Kass: My Elvis +, Paul Kasmin Gallery, 2013, NYC