Warhol Exhibit
Went to the “Andy Warhol: LIVE” exhibit at the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco and had my mind blown wide open seeing the work of this pop icon!
I entered the darkened corridor and was immediately reduced to a giddy schoolboy when greeted by giant Elvis-as-gunfighter screenprints, complete with gunshot audio piped in overhead! It was surreal to be close enough to see the details of my fave piece: The canvas was spray-painted silver and had visible staples running around the edges.
Photography was not allowed in the exhibit, but I snuck a camera in and took blind shots with no flash. So, these images aren’t great, but I HAD to at least snap some pics of this awesome show!
Best. Room. Ever!! 20 Brillo boxes on a mirrored platform, multi-colored Poppy series, Campbell’s Soup can and Coca-Cola prints, a 24-pack of Coke bottles spray-painted silver, and various photos and items from the Silver Factory days.
The exhibit covered Warhol’s entire career, from the early ‘60’s, when he did much of his ground-breaking work, to the mid-‘80’s, when he was obsessed with celebrity portraiture.
Andy created multi-media presentations for the Velvet Underground’s live shows and billed it as the Plastic Exploding Inevitable. This room tried to simulate the vibe.
Andy died in 1987, but to this day, the Warhol Foundation keeps the Merchandise Machine rolling.
Andy Warhol obliterated the boundaries between art and life and it was amazing to see such a comprehensive collection of work by this inspiring icon.
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Nick, I saw Warhol and the late works of Picasso at Albertina in Vienna. Jo Ann, my sister, has lived there for 16 years. I also saw a Tiffany exhibit at Kunsthaus Wien one year I was there, and I was mad because every time I go it’s an American exhibit! LOL! I have now been there 5 times and this last time around there finally no American exhibit! Nothing wrong with them, just don’t like flying 4,000 miles away to see something I can see in Chicago.
> Jeannine, I didn’t know you were such a little culture maven! Glad to hear you appreciate the Arts when in Vienna (and Chicago).
I saw a Picasso exhibit at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, which was good, but not nearly as thrilling as Warhol’s.
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