After Warhol by Paul Stephenson
Our work with Paul Stephenson allowed us a look into the process of creating posthumous Warhol's with 'After Warhol".
For 10 years, Paul has been working on After Warhol. This collection of screen prints using a selection of Warhol’s original acetates has been lauded in various publications (VICE, BBC). Paul’s Cow screen prints using Warhol’s original acetates. Warhol’s attitudes towards screen printing, and his opinion that anyone should be able to make his prints, are what lead to these being regarded as ‘After Warhol’.
For Paul, creating these prints is a fascinating exercise, as people question the authorship. Of the project, he says “I like the idea of turning the art world upside down, I think Andy liked it too.” Warhol named his studio The Factory, and this approach feels fittingly in-line with that.
Jonas and Wilder were able to capture the very hands-on and physical work of screen printing. Far from modern machine printing, the act and process feels that bit more painterly, and it was the dedication and care that they aimed to capture. The moment of adding the half-tone, where you really see the print come to life, is a particularly treasurable moment.