Victor Hugo (artist and window dresser)

Victor Hugo Rojas (1942–1993)[1] was a Venezuelan born American artist, window dresser, and partner of the designer Halston.[2][3] Hugo did displays for Halston's Madison Avenue store and later became one of Andy Warhol's assistants at The Factory where among other things he worked on the painter's oxidation paintings.[4] He is said to have been the first window dresser to have incorporated Pop art into his designs.[5] He was also a model for Warhol's torso series.[6] In 1978 the artist and videographer Anton Perich made a short film of Hugo destroying a Warhol painting as "a sacrifice".[7] In September of 2007 an exhibition of mannequins dressed by Hugo (from Warhol's collection) was held at the Milk Gallery in New York City.[8]

References
  1. "Warhol And Hugo".
  2. Feitelberg, Rosemary (9 March 2017). "Halston Retrospective to Debut at the Nassau County Museum of Art".
  3. Gaines, Steven. "How Halston Became Halston". The Hive. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  4. Cleveland, Pat (14 June 2016). Walking with the Muses: A Memoir. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9781501108242 – via Google Books.
  5. LLC, New York Media (24 May 1976). "New York Magazine". New York Media, LLC – via Google Books.
  6. "Sunny Side Up Egg by Victor Hugo - Paddle8". paddle8.com.
  7. Anton Perich (11 July 2013). "VICTOR HUGO ROJAS" – via YouTube.
  8. "Artnet News - artnet Magazine". www.artnet.com.


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