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"While in Rome, Malanga, running short on money, forged a series of 'Warhols' - silk screened images based on a news photograph of the dead Cuban leader Che Guevara.
Sep 2, 2012 · This infamous Che Guevara painting is actually a forgery created by Gerard Malanga (who was in need of money) and sold to a gallery in Rome. When Warhol heard of the fraud, he "authenticated" the fake, provided that all the money from sales went to him.
Aug 11, 2023 · Andy Warhol’s assistant, Gerard Malanga, is facing a long prison sentence in Italy. He’s forged several Che Guevara portraits and tried to pass them off as genuine Warhols.
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Raúl Martínez was born in the central Cuban city of Ciego de Ávila in 1927. Before the Revolution, he had the opportunity to work and exhibit his early paintings in Europe and the United States, the latter of which would leave a lasting impact on his stylistic development as an artist. Nonetheless, any American influences Martínez might have incorp...
While vintage American cars and pop art were trending in Cuba, the island had an export that captured the hearts and minds of many youths in both Europe and the United States. The utopian idealism associated with the Cuban Revolution had a mass appeal in the counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s, an appeal which only grew stronger through the iconi...
As was the case in other communist countries, politics is culture and culture is politics in Cuba. This reality is reflected in the work that Martínez completed when he worked for the Cuban Film Institute (ICAIC). Despite the constraints of tight government censorship and the isolation of the United States embargo, the artist still managed to intro...
Jun 23, 2023 · Along with Che Guevara himself, the photograph became a symbol of rebellion, solidarity, and anti-establishment sentiment, transcending its original context. “Authenticated” by Andy Warhol as his work, this version of the photo is actually a forgery by his studio associate, Gerard Malanga.
Artist Series. From Finarte, Andy Warhol & Gerard Malanga, Che Guevara (1967), Silk-screen print in colours, 41.5 × 65.5 cm.
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Nov 22, 2019 · The poet Gerard Malanga apprenticed with Warhol for seven years, then interviewed Warhol about his screenprinting process for The Print Collector’s Newsletter in 1971, where Warhol proves he was ahead of his time. An excerpt: Malanga: What plans have you for the near future? Warhol: To do nothing.
