Christopher Makos
Chris Makos is the American photographer without whose advice, opinions and actions, the course of American Contemporary Art would have been very different: he introduced Andy Warhol to the work of both Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring, and taught Andy Warhol how to use his first camera.
Makos was Man Ray's apprentice in the early 1970s, before developing a style akin to boldly graphic photojournalism. He made silkscreen portraits of Andy Warhol, Elizabeth Taylor, Salvador Dalí, John Lennon and Mick Jagger for his Icons portfolio, and took a celebrated portrait of Warhol wrapped in a flag, which was featured on the front cover Smithsonian Studies, the academic journal of the Smithsonian Institution.
Makos' work has been widely reproduced, and is included in the permanent collections of more than 100 museums and significant private collections worldwide.
The artist lives and works in New York City.
Available works by Christopher Makos
Available Artists
- Albers Anni
- Andre Carl
- Avery Milton
- Baldessari John
- Bell Larry
- Brice Lisa
- Calder Alexander
- Crawford Brett
- Dadamaino
- Dávila Jose
- de Tollenaere Saskia
- Downing Thomas
- Dyson Julian
- Francis Sam
- Freud Lucian
- Gadsby Eric
- Gander Ryan
- Gilliam Sam
- Guston Philip
- Haring Keith
- Held Al
- Hockney David
- Kapoor Anish
- Katz Alex
- Kelly Ellsworth
- Knifer Julije
- Kruger Barbara
- Kusama Yayoi
- Le Parc Julio
- Leciejewski Edgar
- Léger Fernand
- Levine Chris
- LeWitt Sol
- Lichtenstein Roy
- Mack Heinz
- Maripol
- Martin Agnes
- Martin Jason
- Martin Kenneth
- Mavignier Almir da Silva
- Miller Harland
- Morellet François
- Motherwell Robert
- Nadelman Elie
- Nara Yoshitomo
- Nemours Aurélie
- O'Donoghue Hughie
- Pettibone Richard
- Prehistoric Objects
- Prince Richard
- Quinn Marc
- Riley Bridget
- Ruscha Ed
- Scott William
- Scully Sean
- Shrigley David
- Smith Anj
- Smith Richard
- Smith David
- Sonnier Keith
- Soto Jesús Rafael
- Soulages Pierre
- Taller Popular de Serigrafía
- The Connor Brothers
- Turk Gavin
- Vasarely Victor
- Warhol Andy
- Wesselmann Tom
- Wood Jonas
- Wool Christopher
- Yiadom-Boakye Lynette