![]() ![]() They had both been, according to Jill Johnston, patients at Bellevue Mental Hospital, although presumably not at the same time. Gene and Ann also had something in common. They were both homosexual during an era in which homosexuality was either suppressed or kept secret. Ann left Bill for Gene after, in the words of Jill Johnston, Ann had "fallen in love" with Gene, leaving Bill to raise his and Ann's three children on his own.īill and Gene had something else in common besides Ann. A perusal of the poster leads to an examination of Swenson's life in general and some of the people who were involved with him besides Warhol - namely the critic, dancer and Warhol star, Jill Johnston, the artist Ann Wilson, and Ann Wilson's husband the art writer and collector, William S. ![]() Swenson was considered a genius by some, a madman by others - or both by some people in the art world. What is usually described as a poster (below) for the Stable Gallery show included a photograph of Andy Warhol and text by the art writer Gene Swenson. ![]() ![]() (See "Andy Warhol's Box Sculptures at the Dwan Gallery" here.) He had previously exhibited some of the box sculptures in a group show at the Dwan Gallery in February 1964. Gene Swenson, Andy Warhol and the Personality of the ArtistĪndy Warhol exhibited his box sculptures at the Stable Gallery from April 21 to May 9, 1964. ![]()
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