Brigitte Bardot was one of the first women to be really modern and treat men like love objects, buying them and discarding them. I like that. -Andy WarholGagosian Gallery London is pleased to announce an exhibition of Andy Warhol's portraits of Brigitte Bardot. Bardot was the original sex kitten, a superstar of French New Wave cinema, and the embodiment of liberated feminine sensuality. Aged eighteen, she gained sudden and worldwide notoriety for her steamy role in Roger Vadim's directorial debut, And God Created Woman ...
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Brigitte Bardot was one of the first women to be really modern and treat men like love objects, buying them and discarding them. I like that. -Andy WarholGagosian Gallery London is pleased to announce an exhibition of Andy Warhol's portraits of Brigitte Bardot. Bardot was the original sex kitten, a superstar of French New Wave cinema, and the embodiment of liberated feminine sensuality. Aged eighteen, she gained sudden and worldwide notoriety for her steamy role in Roger Vadim's directorial debut, And God Created Woman (1956), which broke box-office records and censorship taboos with its titillating display of sex and eroticism in St Tropez. Despite mixed critical reviews, the film launched her career and presaged her international stardom. Bardot also caught the attention of French intellectuals: she was the subject of Simone de Beauvoir's 1959 essay Brigitte Bardot and the Lolita Syndrome, which described her as a locomotive of women's history, building upon existentialist themes to declare her the first and most liberated woman of post-war France. Her crowning achievement occurred in 1963 as Camille in Jean-Luc Godard's New Wave masterpiece Contempt, based on Alberto Moravia's emotionally raw account of a marital break-up, set against the intrigues of the international film industry.An abundantly illustrated catalogue will accompany the exhibition, with essays by Warhol collaborator and writer Glenn O'Brien and Purple Magazine editor Olivier Zahm.
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Add this copy of Warhol: Bardot to cart. $225.00, very good condition, Sold by Jero Books and Templet Co. rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Monica, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2011 by Gagosian Gallery.
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Very Good. No DJ Issued. Exhibition Catalogue. Square Folio. First Edition (2011. ) Hardcover without dust jacket as issued. Square folio with 48 pages. The book is in very good condition with very slight shelf wear. Some very slight and very faint smudges to cover. Interior is clean and tight. Profusely illustrated. Pictures available upon request. White spine/Gray text. #033375.
