Andy Warhol: The Portfolios Dulwich Motion Painting Gallery

I never used to similar Andy Warhol's work.  However I've changed my heed this twelvemonth afterward seeing his operate on display the exhibition The Queen: Art as well as Image exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery.

Between 1962 as well as 1984, Andy Warhol's artwork was primarily silk covert prints - his signature process.

Andy Warhol was a printmaker.  If he printed on canvass it was a painting, if it was on newspaper it was a impress  and if yous practise multiples of them it's a portfolio of prints.

The exhibition comprises some 80 industrial plant from xiii portfolios.  It's the very first fourth dimension that these portfolios - rom the collection of the Bank of America - have visited Europe every bit an exhibition.  The portfolios include the following....

Campbell's Soup Series II past times Andy Warhol

The Campbell's Soup tin is the iconic pic associated amongst Warhol. They brand rather to a greater extent than feel when yous know that his Slovakian immigrant identify unit of measurement were pitiable as well as he ate Campbell's Soup every lunchtime when he was a child.

Flower Series past times Andy Warhol

Some of the serial demonstrate the unlike 'not quite fitting' colourways he worked with.

Space Fruit: Still Lifes past times Andy Warhol

Portraits of Ten Great Jews of the Twentieth Century past times Andy Warhol

Warhol made a considerable elevate for himself every bit a portraitist.  He used to accept polaroids of celebrities and became a gild portraitist.  When he portrayed dead people he had to operate amongst the photographs of other people. He combines a pared downwards version of the photograph amongst drawing as well as color shapes known every bit "arty rectangles".  It's amazing how familiar photographs come upwards endure amongst the treatment given past times Warhol.

Endangered Species as well as Myths past times Andy Warhol
summation Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 portrait of Andy Warhol past times Robert Maplethorpe

In the concluding room inwards the exhibition he too portrayed to a greater extent than odd subjects inwards the Endangered Species as well as Myths (1981) portfolio.  These are hung amongst Keith Haring's Andy Mouse portfolio which was created every bit a homage to Warhol as well as a photograph of Warhol taken past times Robert Mapplethorpe inwards 1986.  It's a curious juxtaposition - non to the lowest degree because a publish of the hang, every bit yous tin come across from the photogaph.  One gets the impression that somebody had a lot of fun hanging this room every bit a impress room.

Other iconic images include his portrait of Marilyn Monroe as well as Mohammed Ali.

Vesuvius (1985) impress serial past times Andy Warhol

I idea his brusk serial based on an early nineteenth century ikon of Vesuvius exploding exploding was peculiarly effective.

The bully matter close the exhibition at Dulwich is that it demonstrates that Warhol is a really fine colourist.  The colourways are amazing as well as the final result is highly decorative - exactly non inwards a bad way!.  Dejardin references Francis Boucher as well as the eighteenth century as well as hung the prints together decoratively every bit yous would inwards the eighteenth century

"Stack 'en high as well as move inwards decorative"

Warhol's usage of diamond dust every bit a surface for his screenprints was both innovative as well as is demonstrated clearly inwards this exhibition.

Ian Dejardin, The Sackler Director of Dulwich Picture Gallery has done a bright introduction to the exhibition - which is instantly on YouTube

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Exhibition Information. Andy Warhol: The Portfolios 20 June – xvi September 2012
Tickets: £10 Purchase online at www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk
Senior Citizens £9, Unemployed, disabled, students £5, children as well as Friends free
Education as well as Event Programme

Public Courses Andy Warhol: Silk Screen Printing Sabbatum eleven – Dominicus 12 August 2012 10.30am – 4pm This 2 24-hour interval course of instruction volition explore the essential qualities of elementary silkscreen printing. With creative mortal Carole Waller. £70 (Concessions as well as Friends £65) Prices are for 2 days. Lunch is non included

There are too a publish of community 24-hour interval of the month impress workshops beingness run inwards association amongst the exhibition - more details from the website

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