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  • adjective Reminiscent of Andy Warhol (Andrew Warhola, 1928–1987), American painter, printmaker and filmmaker, or his style or works.

Etymologies

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Warhol +‎ -esque

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Examples

  • He even sent Trotter a photograph of it, a photo that has a Warholesque aura and makes the object seem like an exemplar of some yet-to-be-named genre — “folk techno,” maybe?

    How To Trick an Online Scammer Into Carving a Computer Out of Wood 2007

  • He even sent Trotter a photograph of it, a photo that has a Warholesque aura and makes the object seem like an exemplar of some yet-to-be-named genre — “folk techno,” maybe?

    How To Trick an Online Scammer Into Carving a Computer Out of Wood 2007

  • As Lydia speaks, the screen begins to divide into boxes, first presenting her in a split screen, then a Warholesque four cells, then more and more until there are dozens of tiny Lydias filling the screen.

    Archive 2008-06-01 Ed Howard 2008

  • As Lydia speaks, the screen begins to divide into boxes, first presenting her in a split screen, then a Warholesque four cells, then more and more until there are dozens of tiny Lydias filling the screen.

    To Die For Ed Howard 2008

  • Working to a Warholesque template, he explains how they made the magazine 'a hang-out space, a clubhouse, a social scene, a network environment… a conceptual thing for young creatives'.

    Evening Standard - Home Simon Mills 2011

  • The box itself is grey, with a screen on the outside which detects your face as you look at it and fits it into a passport or one of the booth's 'fun' scenes - Warholesque prints and anime-style cartoons.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

  • But with his collages-in which parts of performers are overlaid messily to map out the whole-Kost's Warholesque point grows redundant.

    artforum.com 2010

  • Jackson Pollock making a drip painting; peanut butter and jelly, from which he molded a Warholesque "Double Mona Lisa";

    NYT > Home Page By CAROL KINO 2010

  • Jackson Pollock making a drip painting; peanut butter and jelly, from which he molded a Warholesque "Double Mona Lisa";

    NYT > Home Page By CAROL KINO 2010

  • But with his collages-in which parts of performers are overlaid messily to map out the whole-Kost's Warholesque point grows redundant.

    artforum.com 2010

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