‘UNSEEN INDIANA’
Robert Indiana x Andy Warhol
by William John Kennedy

William John Kennedy

The late-William John Kennedy first met Indiana at a New York art opening in 1963. They became friends and Kennedy shortly afterwards began taking photographs of the now legendary artist  in his studio. Indiana would soon introduce Kennedy to Warhol at the Americans exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in May of 1963.

Highlights from the storied archive include Kennedy’s portrait of Robert Indiana with his most famous creation, Love, claimed to be the world’s most reproduced artwork.“When I look back on my involvement with the Pop artists, it all came off my initial involvement with Robert Indiana. He was the lynchpin” – William John Kennedy

The late-William John Kennedy was a successful commercial photographer throughout the 70s and 80s, but at the time he met the legendary Warhol, he was a former Korean War paratrooper with a passion for photography.

His entree into the style sphere came via his friendship with Robert Indiana, and throughout 1963-64 he and his his point-and-shoot camera would become ensconced in an era defining moment in art..