His art and philosophy are intrinsically tied to American culture. Through his screenprints, paintings, writing and film, Warhol challenged the American public to reevaluate the meaning of art in a post-war consumer culture.
With over 200 historic prints and paintings on view from the Revolver Gallery collection, the exhibition will offer a large and diverse body of work that spans the 1960’s to Warhol’s untimely death in 1987.Īndy Warhol is best described as a “mirror of his age.” He built his career on appropriation of famous imagery and products, fostering of personal celebrity, and his contributions to the Pop Art movement. More than just an art exhibit, this Warhol exhibition is curated in a way that is both thematic, and chronological in order to contextualize the artist’s trajectory and societal impact through programming to include educational materials, activated spaces, private tours, lectures, and special events.Īndy Warhol Revisited will bring Los Angeles Warhol’s most recognizable pieces including suites of Marilyn Monroe, Mick Jagger, Electric Chairs and Camouflage as well as a wall of the artist’s iconic Campbell’s Soup Cans. Warhol:Revisited will provide an engaging and educational walkthrough of the development of Warhol’s artistic language and its greater effect on culture – an effect, which has echoed for decades. Andy adopted the stereotype that continues to exist in Los Angeles’ high society. He once said “I love Los Angeles, and I love Hollywood.
Andy was always fascinated by the culture that existed in Los Angeles.
Andy Warhol Revisited is a touring exhibition that will make it’s next home in Los Angeles, California.
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