Martin Gayford

‘So quick and chancy’

Plus: A delightful new display of early Tom Wesselmann collages at David Zwirner that shows a more subtle and complex artist than at first appears

issue 06 February 2016

When asked the question ‘What is art?’, Andy Warhol gave a characteristically flip answer (‘Isn’t that a guy’s name?’). On another occasion, however, he produced a more thoughtful response: ‘Does it really come out of you or is it a product? It’s complicated.’ Indeed, it’s those complications that make Warhol’s works compelling, as is demonstrated by a new exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.

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