È stata recentemente inaugurata al Whitney Museum of American Art di New York, la retrospettiva dedicata ad Andy Warhol (Pittsburg, 1928 – New York, 1987). Con più di 350 opere la mostra Andy Warhol — From A to B and Back Again racconta la produzione dell’artista a partire dai rocamboleschi inizi come illustratore negli anni ’50, fino alle ultime opere realizzate negli anni ’80. Ed ecco i quaderni traboccanti di schizzi risalenti al 1956; ma anche gli autoritratti, che seguono le varie fasi della sperimentazione artistica del maestro. Fino alla Big Electric Chair (1967-68), ai Brillo Boxe s (1969) e a film come Jill and Freddy Dancing (1963) e Edie Segdwick (1965). Sono le inconiche opere pop raffiguranti attori, cantanti e personaggi pubblici a popolare le sale dello spazio espositivo: da Mao Zedong a Elizabeth Taylor, da Marilyn Monroe a Elvis Presley, da Jacqueline Kennedy a Mick Jagger. Un percorso attraverso la creatività e genialità di uno dei più grandi artisti del Novecento. Ecco le immagini.
-Ilaria Bulgarelli
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New York// fino al 31 marzo 2019
Andy Warhol— From A to B and Back Again
Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Gansevoort Street, New York, NY 10014
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Installation view of Andy Warhol – From A to B and Back Again (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, November 12, 2018-March 31, 2019). From left to right: Mylar and Plexiglas Construction, c. 1970; Mao, 1972; Willard Mass, Andy Warhol’s Silver Flotations, 1966; Vote McGovern, 1972; Mao, 1973; White Painting, 1964. Photograph by Ron Amstutz. © 2018 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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Installation view of Andy Warhol – From A to B and Back Again (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, November 12, 2018-March 31, 2019). From left to right, top to bottom: Flowers, 1964; Flowers, 1964; Flowers, 1964; Flowers, 1964; Flowers, 1964; Flowers, 1964; Flowers, 1964; Flowers, 1964; Flowers, 1964; Flowers, 1964; Flowers, 1964; Flowers, 1964; Flowers, 1964; Flowers, 1964; Flowers, 1964; Flowers, 1964; Flowers, 1964; Flowers, 1964; Flowers, 1964; Flowers, 1964; Flowers, 1964; Flowers, 1964; Flowers, 1964; Flowers, 1964; Flowers, 1964; Flowers [Large Flowers], 1964-65. Photograph by Ron Amstutz. © 2018 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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Andy Warhol (1928–1987), Big Electric Chair, 1967–68. Acrylic and silkscreen ink on linen, 137.5 x 186.1 cm. The Art Institute of Chicago; gift of Edlis/Neeson Collection, 2015.128 © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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Andy Warhol (1928–1987), Christine Jorgenson, 1956. Collaged metal leaf and embossed foil with ink on paper, 32.9 x 40.7 cm. Sammlung Froehlich, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York
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Andy Warhol (1928-1987), Green Coca-Cola Bottles, 1962. Acrylic, screenprint, and graphite pencil on canvas, 210.2 x 145.1 cm. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase with funds from the Friends of the Whitney Museum of American Art 68.25. © 2018 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the visual Arts, Inc./ Artists Rights Society (ARS), N.Y.
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Andy Warhol (1928–1987), Elvis at Ferus, 1963. 16mm, b&w, silent; 4.0 min. @ 16 fps, 3.5 min. @ 18 fps © 2018 The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA, a museum of Carnegie Institute. All rights reserved
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Andy Warhol (1928–1987), Empire, 1964. 16mm, b&w, silent; 8 hrs., 5 min. at 16 fps, 7 hrs., 11 min. at 18 fps © 2018 The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA, a museum of Carnegie Institute. All rights reserved
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Andy Warhol (1928–1987), Ethel Scull 36 Times, 1963. Silkscreen ink and acrylic on linen, thirty-six panels: 203.2 × 365.8 cm overall. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; jointly owned by the Whitney Museum of American Art and The Metropolitan Museum of Art; gift of Ethel Redner Scull 86.61a‒jj © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York
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Andy Warhol (1928–1987), Flowers, 1964. Fluorescent paint and silkscreen ink on linen, 61 x 61 cm. The Art Institute of Chicago; gift of Edlis/Neeson Collection, 2015.123 © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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Andy Warhol (1928–1987), Untitled (Hand in Pocket), c. 1956. Ballpoint pen on paper, 42.4 × 34.7 cm. Collection of Mathew Wolf © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York
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Andy Warhol (1928–1987), Jill and Freddy Dancing, 1963. 16mm, b&w, silent; 4.5 min. @ 16 fps, 4.0 min. @ 18 fps. Pictured: Freddy Herko. © 2018 The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA, a museum of Carnegie Institute. All rights reserved
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Andy Warhol (1928–1987),Mao, 1972. Acrylic, silkscreen ink, and graphite on linen, 4.48 x 3.47 m. The Art Institute of Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Logan Purchase Prize and Wilson L. Mead funds, 1974.230 © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York
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Andy Warhol (1928–1987), Marilyn Diptych, 1962. Acrylic, silkscreen ink, and graphite on linen, two panels: 80 7/8 x 114 in. (205.4 x 289.6 cm) overall. Tate, London; purchase 1980 © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York
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Andy Warhol (1928–1987), Rorschach, 1984. Acrylic on linen, 4.17 x 2.92 m. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase with funds from the Contemporary Painting and Sculpture Committee, the John I. H. Baur Purchase Fund, the Wilfred P. and Rose J. Cohen Purchase Fund, Mrs. Melva Bucksbaum, and Linda and Harry Macklowe, 96.279 © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York
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Andy Warhol (1928–1987), Self-Portrait, 1964. Acrylic and silkscreen ink on linen, 50.8 x 40.6 cm. The Art Institute of Chicago; gift of Edlis/Neeson Collection, 2015.126 © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York
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Andy Warhol (1928–1987), ST309 Edie Sedgwick, 1965. 16mm, b&w, silent; 4.5 min. @ 16 fps, 4 min. @ 18 fps. Pictured: Edie Sedgwick. © 2018 The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA, a museum of Carnegie Institute. All rights reserved
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Andy Warhol (1928–1987), Superman, 1961. Casein and wax crayon on cotton, 170.2 x 132.1 cm. Private collection. Courtesy of DC Comics. Superman © and ™ DC Comics. All rights reserved. © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York
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Andy Warhol (1928–1987), Truman Capote, 1979. Acrylic and silkscreen ink on linen, 101.6 × 101.6 cm. The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh; Founding Collection, contribution Dia Center for the Arts 1997.1.11b © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York
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Andy Warhol (1928–1987), Ladies and Gentlemen (Wilhelmina Ross), 1975. Acrylic and silkscreen ink on linen, 304.8 x 203.2 cm. Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York
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Andy Warhol (1928–1987), Before and After [4], 1962. Acrylic and graphite on linen, 183.2 x 253.4 cm. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase with funds from Charles Simon, 71.226 © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York
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Andy Warhol (1928–1987), Ari and Mario, 1966. 16mm, color, sound; 67 mins. @ 24 fps. Pictured: Ari Boulogne and Mario Montez. © 2018 The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA, a museum of Carnegie Institute. All rights reserved