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EXCLUSIVE: Richard Bernstein, nan American creator associated pinch popular creation and nan circle of Andy Warhol, is nan taxable of caller documentary Gloss and Grit: The Man Who Made Art Pop.
The film, directed by Maria Soccor, will characteristic interviews pinch “Baby” Jane Holzer, Billy Idol, Mariel Hemingway, Pat Cleveland, Billy Zane, Maxwell Caulfield and others.
Bernstein is champion known arsenic nan long-running screen creator for Warhol’s influential Interview magazine. His 189 personage image covers helped specify nan ocular personality of nan publication passim nan 1970s and ’80s.
Currently successful accumulation successful New York and LA, nan documentary will research Bernstein’s life and work, told done interviews pinch former Interview editors and photographers, arsenic good arsenic immoderate of his astir iconic image subjects and closest friends. His subjects included Michael Jackson, Elizabeth Taylor, Madonna, Mick Jagger, Kevin Costner, and Cyndi Lauper.
The movie is said to reside “a persistent misconception that Warhol himself created galore of Interview’s covers, erstwhile successful truth it was Bernstein who developed nan magazine’s singular look done a unique operation of paint, pastel, airbrush, and collage that helped style nan ocular connection of nan era”. Warhol himself erstwhile said: “Richard Bernstein is my favourite artist. He makes everyone look truthful famous.”
Soccor, who is writing, directing, and producing nan movie done her banner Maria Soccor Productions, said: “Creating this documentary feels for illustration assembling nan pieces of an bonzer creator and family man’s soul. I americium building a emotion matter betwixt nan assemblage and Richard, posthumously.”
Before Interview, Bernstein had established himself arsenic an artist. Working successful Paris successful nan mid-1960s, Paloma Picasso served arsenic his creation assistant. He was considered a pioneer successful early integer techniques, and his activity besides appeared connected nan covers of TIME, New York Magazine, and arsenic medium artwork for Grace Jones.
His activity is held successful nan imperishable collections of institutions including nan Museum of Modern Art, nan Metropolitan Museum of Art, nan National Portrait Gallery successful Washington, D.C., nan Stedelijk Museum successful Amsterdam, and nan The Andy Warhol Museum.
Although Bernstein was gay, he was engaged to photographer Berry Berenson, who would spell connected to wed character Anthony Perkins. He died successful 2002, aged 62, from complications of AIDS astatine his flat astatine nan Hotel Chelsea.
