The late and legendary pop artist Andy Warhol reveals an overtly sexual side in his 1977 series “Torsos and Sex Parts,” a set of graphic screenprint portraits depicting fragments of male nudes. Recently showcased at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, this explicit series sheds light on an edgier dimension of a pioneer better known for innocent consumer imagery.
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Travis Smith by photographer Milan Vukmirovic
At first glance, it feels uncanny. Too familiar. Too accurate. Travis Smith steps into a Warholian fantasy so convincingly that you almost believe you are looking at lost photographs of Joe Dallesandro himself. The illusion is strong, intentional, and delightfully cheeky.
