Warhol & Friends: Exhibition
A month long celebration of pop art
Date: Oct 4 – Oct 31Space: Main Gallery
Pop Art is one of the most innovative and creative art movements of the modern era, with Andy Warhol and other artists of the 1960’s, such as Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenquist, Claes Oldenburg and Jim Dine continuing to attract attention and interest over 60 years later.
Andy Warhol was uniquely positioned to lead the movement, with a finger on the pulse of popular culture, especially visual imagery, that was unparalleled. Using his skills as a commercial artist combined with new technologies, especially innovations in photography, along with his intimate connection to popular culture and mass consumerism, Warhol stayed at the cutting edge of image creation for almost three decades before his untimely early death in 1987.
For the month of October (4th-31st), Creative Arts Napier will host a comprehensive exhibition of Pop Art, with an in-depth focus on Andy Warhol, in particular, his reinvigoration of the fine art portrait. Curated with important early works during his time as a commercial artist in the 1950’s, visitors to the exhibition will not only appreciate Warhol’s superior skill as a draftsmen but also his early experimentation with new developments in photography, that directly influenced his art, especially his famous portraits.
The exhibition presents rarely seen but significant examples of Warhol’s commissioned graphic commercial projects that helped pave the way for his iconic treatment of the Campbells Soup Can and Marilyn Monroe in 1962 and his celebrity portraits starting in 1970.
A comprehensive Catalogue, written, designed and illustrated by the curator and qualified modern art historians, will also be available to help the viewer make sense of the works on display and will come with a pair of 3-D glasses as part of the “Andy Warhol Experience.”