Waar is Warhol

by Catherine Ingram, Andrew Rae

If Andy Warhol could have traveled through time, where would he have gone? Where's Warhol? gives him his very own time machine, and finds out...

Join Andy on a tour through time as he visits the art of the past. From Michelangelo at work on the Sistine Chapel, to Jean-Michel Basquait painting the streets of New York, via the French Impressionists and the Bauhaus, Andy has immersed himself in 12 iconic moments from Art History and the reader's challenge is to find him in each. Whilst searching for Andy amongst the crowds, readers can also find a host of historical characters and features from each period. Spot glamorous 1970s celebrities surrounding Andy at Studio 54, for example, whilst key Modernists can be identified at work at the Bauhaus.

Each scene has been recreated from careful archival research by art historian Catherine Ingram and painstakingly llustrated by Andrew Rae. Educational, fun and visually engaging, Where's Warhol? is the alternative, illustrated guide to the history of art for both adults and children.

Genres: Art, Childrens, Picture Books, Humor, History, Nonfiction

Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 2014

Reviews

[Dave Schaafsma · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of art historian Catheine Ingram's fun and informative books about great artists. I have just read her This is Pollock, and was looking for more in her series, but found this, which is clearly an adaptation of the Where's Waldo? concept applied to Warhol's place in NYC, in public life, in the art scene. Aside from an introduction and some elaborate keys for people, mostly artists, one can find in the 12 Waldo-ish paintings, it is wordless. But combined with the codes in the appendix, you learn a lot about Warhol's place in pop art culture and the history of art.

The 12 pairings include Studio 54, Dali's Surrealistic Niht in an Enchanted Forest, Opening at the Frida Kahlo Retrospective, Basquiat at Washington Square park, Groovy Bob's Art Scene, Marie Antoinette's Execution, and so on. Fun and informative, not for kids, really, but for those interested in art and pop art of the sixties, for sure.

[Manybooks · Rating 4 out of 5]

Even though trying to locate the multiple art, pop culture and history related people, animals and objects in Catherine Ingram and Andrew Rae’s fun and delightfully engaging (but also at the same time enlightening and informative) Where’s Warhol? has been at times quite difficult, hard on my ageing eyes and even a trifle headache producing, I certainly did have very much fun searching and finding (and much more so than I ever did with the ubiquitous Where’s Waldo? books on which Where’s Warhol? is of course loosely based, mostly because, well, searching for art, pop culture and history based images is for me and bien sûr much more interesting and fun than looking for Waldo and company engaged in generally basic everyday activities on the street, on the beach and the like, with many of the activities being shown also often presenting themselves as too deliberately and painfully silly for my personal tastes).

But as much as I have enjoyed poring over the art and history scenes depicted in Where’s Warhol?, taking in the diverse atmospheres, the visuals and naturally looking for the hidden and to be located images (Studio 54, The Garden of Earthly Delights, Michelangelo Paints the Sistine Chapel, Marie Antoinette’s Execution, Pompeii, On the Beach, Trouville, the Bauhaus and five further spreads), for me, what makes Where’s Warhol? so utterly brilliant and as such also much superior to many of the “search-and-find” books I have read, I have tried over the years is that for one (and for me this has absolutely been most heart-fully appreciated) the to be located objects and people are both verbally and illustratively listed at the back of Where’s Warhol? so that one knows and can picture what is to be searched for and found, and that for two, each of the twelve illustrations are also meticulously and in detail explained and analysed by I assume Catherine Ingram, making Where’s Warhol? also and equally a good basic introduction to art, history, pop culture and of course to Andy Warhol (and indeed, if there had also been a bit of a bibliography listed with further reading suggestions, my four star ranking for Where’s Warhol would without a doubt be five stars).

[Jon Nakapalau · Rating 5 out of 5]

Replace Waldo with Warhol and you are there! A really fun book if you just want to relax...plus you might even learn something new about Andy Warhol! Something tells me he would really have liked this book - it is innovative and very informative. Books like this are a great way to refocus; really enjoyed reading this!

[Angie · Rating 4 out of 5]

So great! Easy to find Andy but so fun to look. Little things to find every time.

[Alexia Polasky · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 stars.
This was great! Now I want the other ones!

[Kayleigh · Rating 3 out of 5]

Such a fun book

[Diane Adams · Rating 4 out of 5]

Where’s Waldo meets art history and pop culture! Fun to seek Warhol and friends, but also surprisingly educational!

[María Eugenia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Me gustó. No es solo sobre Warhol, aprovecha también para hablar de momentos importantes en la historia del arte. Además de Warhol, aparecen personajes más o menos relacionados con él o con el contexto y viene todo muy bien explicado al final.

Lo único que me trae un poco de cabeza es... la señora que barre. En cada página, además de un Andy Warhol y 2 o 3 gatos, sale una señora con gafas y pañoleta barriendo. POR QUÉ. Llevo una hora buscando en internet y no encuentro nada, aparte de que su madre era limpiadora y que hizo una peli grabándola haciendo entre otras cosas tareas del hogar. ¿Es su madre? ¿Por qué nadie menciona en las reseñas a la señora que barre? NECESITO SABER.

[Sam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun way to learn about art through historical and cultural contexts. It would be great to have more information about the different artists and artistic movements featured.

[Domizia · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars because it was way too easy. I’ve found the bastard in less than 30 seconds in each page. I’d recommend anyway.

[Robert Max Steenkist · Rating 5 out of 5]

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