Andy Warhol Grows Old in New Sculpture

Artwork marks what would have been his 83rd birthday
By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff
Posted Aug 8, 2011 4:23 AM CDT
Andy Warhol Grows Old in New Sculpture
Andy Warhol in his heyday.   (Stag)

Had Andy Warhol survived gallbladder surgery, he would have turned 83 on Saturday—a very, very old 83. At least that's how artist Edgar Askelovic imagines him: with bloated legs, lots of wrinkles, and toothless, but still with a shock of white hair. Askelovic, 23, used silicone and clay to recreate the pop legend in a strange squat that he based on an old photo of Warhol. "He is a huge inspiration to me and I wanted to make sure that I did him justice with my work," he said. The work is on display at the McDermott Galleries in England. (More sculpture stories.)

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