Karen Bystedt – The Lost Warhols
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Andy With Flag
Archival Pigment Ink Print
signed, Karen Bystedt
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Famous for 15 Minutes
Mixed Media Print
signed, Karen Bystedt
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Modeling Andy
Archival Pigment Ink Print
signed, Karen Bystedt
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Making Money is Art
Mixed Media Print
signed, Karen Bystedt
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Andy Warhol Modeling Portrait
Archival Pigment Ink Print
signed, Karen Bystedt
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Portrait Andy
Archival Pigment Ink Print
signed, Karen Bystedt
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More Exciting On the Screen
Mixed Media Print
signed, Karen Bystedt
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Thoughtful Andy I
Archival Pigment Ink Print
signed, Karen Bystedt
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Kissing Wrong Person
Mixed Media Print
signed, Karen Bystedt
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Modeling Andy II
Archival Pigment Ink Print
signed, Karen Bystedt
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Handsome Andy
Archival Pigment Ink Print
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Time Changes Things
Mixed Media Print
signed, Karen Bystedt
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Piercing Andy
Archival Pigment Ink Print
signed, Karen Bystedt
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Boyish Andy With Flag
Archival Pigment Ink Print
signed, Karen Bystedt
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Thoughtful Andy II
Archival Pigment Ink Print
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Pop Art Forever
Mixed Media Print
signed, Karen Bystedt
©2012 Karen Bystedt. All Rights Reserved.
About the Artist — Karen Bystedt
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Karen Bystedt caught the attention of the contemporary art world with the USA introduction of “The Lost
Warhols”, at Photo LA, 2013. The body of work was quickly selected to headline the Month of Photography in Los
Angles Show, at The Robert Berman Gallery in Bergmont Station. In an April, Fabrik Magazine cover story, Berman
characterized Bystedt’s Andy Warhol show as, “an austere and powerful look at one of the most celebrated artists of
the Twentieth century.”
After studying photography and literature at the American College in Paris, the young artist returned to the
United States and earned a Bachelors of Arts degree in Film, at New York University, in 1982. It was while she
was a student in New York, that she photographed Warhol at The Factory.
Bystedt moved firmly into photographing celebrity movie stars, when they were young and unknown. She has
written the narratives and interviews that accompany the four books of glamour shots she has published; “Not Just
Another Pretty Face” (1983), “The New Breed” (1988), “Before They Were Famous” (1992) and, “They Dared To
Dream” (2009).
Karen Bystedt’s artistic strength is her ability to establish an intimate trust with the subjects, as she engages
them on-camera and then makes them look beautiful – a skill well honed on Warhol – and one the photographer
used throughout her career. Her strong images of iconic men brands them as markers of their times.
Collaborations with other artists include Peter Tunney, Speedy Graphito, Tonia Calderon. Her work is in
the permanent collections of The Andy Warhol Museum, The Hearst Foundation, Prince Albert of Monaco, and
Tomasso Buti, among others.
The artist currently resides in West Hollywood, California
About the Artist — Speedy Graphito
from Wikipedia
Olivier Rizzo, aka Speedy Graphito, is a French painter who was born in Paris in 1961. He is one of the
pioneers of the French Street Art movement alongside others like Jérôme Mesnager, Miss Tic and Blek le Rat. By
imposing a powerful, innovative style in the early 1980s, Speedy influenced a generation of urban artists. Though
his work has evolved considerably over the past few decades, he has become known and revered for his exploration
of commercialism and references to pop culture images and icons.
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After a very brief career as a graphic designer and art director, in 1983 Speedy joined the collective
X-Moulinex, but left the following year. By 1989 Speedy Graphito had participated in a number of group art
exhibitions mostly in Paris, and by the late 1990s Speedy Graphito’s unique street art style was exhibited in art
galleries across Europe.
His graffiti, executed with stencils or with a brush, incorporates schematic and dynamic characters approaching those of the Catalan designer Javier Mariscal or American artist Keith Haring. Other influences include
America of the Fifties, cartoons and Manga and images in Maya culture. Particularly influenced by the
iconography of Disney characters and video games, Speedy Graphito often turns a critical eye on our society, as his
works feed off the collective memory of iconic imagery to create a new universal language.As an example, Speedy
Graphito’s “Temptation 2011” features Disney’s Snow White enamored with the half-eaten logo of Macintosh
Apple, creating a shrewd and satirical message about consumer seduction.
Speedy Graphito’s paintings, prints, and street art murals can be found worldwide. Already recognized in the
international arena, Speedy Graphito’s Art is well known in France, England, USA, Belgium, India, Japan, Brazil,
and Dubai, as well as major auction houses. Speedy Graphito has recently participated in a number of solo art
exhibitions in Los Angeles Art Galleries, as well as exhibiting at the 2011 Miami Art Basel.
Speedy Graphito lives and works in Paris.