
Paul Stephenson
After Warhol: Cow Series | 2021
Displayed at galleries like the Tate and the Museum of Modern Art, Andy Warhol's Cow series has become one of the Pop Art founder's most iconic and instantly recognisable editions. Now, for the first time in history, the graphic has been meticulously recreated using the original acetate by the London-based artist Paul Stephenson, whose After Warhol collection saw his work dubbed 'posthumous Warhols' by the late Warholian expert Rainer Crone.
As featured by the BBC and VICE magazine, Paul's groundbreaking project has seen him transform Warhol's original acetates - including those used for 'Jackie', 'Mao', 'Little Electric Chair' and 'Self Portrait' - for an exclusive collection of limited edition prints. His latest release, inspired by Warhol's seminal Cow series (1966-76), includes four psychedelic colourways, each of which has been expertly printed as silkscreens on paper and framed by hand. Each artwork also features a window on the reverse so the stamps - including 'UNDENIED' in homage to the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board's collapse in 2012 - can be seen.
Originally printed on wallpaper, the Cow series subverted the timelessness of the pastoral subject, allowing Warhol to wryly comment on the use of fine art as wallpaper in people’s homes. Paul explains: “It’s a typical, mischievous Warhol idea: taking something ‘fine art’ and making it something that’s just a background, but actually also an incredible, iconic Pop image.”
Paul Stephenson | Limited Edition
Paul Stephenson | Limited Edition
Paul Stephenson | Limited Edition
Paul Stephenson | Limited Edition
Paul Stephenson | Limited Edition
Paul Stephenson | Limited Edition
After Warhol: Cow Series | 2021
Paul Stephenson

The artist
Paul Stephenson
Researching and recreating the practices first established by Andy Warhol, London-based artist Paul has dedicated the last decade to creating After Warhol. Created using the Pop Art founder's original acetate, the artist recreates Warhol's iconic Cow series.
"These one-off/unique colourways came about quite organically as part of following Andy Warhol's process. He experimented with making multiple 'colourways', he talked about people getting a Warhol that would match the drapes/curtains. Making unique one-off colours felt like a natural progression of that Warholian idea."
'The process for making these unique colour involves hand painting the background colours. Even using the same pigments and same brand of paint that Warhol used. The end result is exactly what you would see on a Warhol painting hanging in the Tate retrospective right now.'
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