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International Art Treasures Web Magazine May 2004 |
10 Years of FameThe Andy Warhol Museum will kick off a year's activities to celebrate their 10th Anniversary. Thanks to the bequest of the artist, Andy Warhol, the museum was able to open and become both a historic archive of his papers and an artistic joy for those who find his art provocative and enjoyable.
Warhol marched to his own beat creating some dynamic works that didn't, as is typical with innovators, fit the then accepted norms. It wasn't his style. Flowers Observed, Flowers TransformedThe Andy Warhol Museum
Flowers Observed, Flowers Transformed leads the festivities honoring one of the consistent themes throughout the artist's resume John W. Smith, Exhibition Curator and Assistant Director of Collections and Research explains. "The motif of flowers is one that attracted Andy Warhol for more than 30 years. In his commercial work from the 1950s he approached the subject much like the 17th Dutch still life painters did. In the 1960s however, he approached the subject more abstractly, transforming daisies and hibiscus flowers into Technicolor, Pop Art blooms." Flowers Observed is an exploration of the realistic portrayal of flora in their natural settings. Features artists include Claude Monet, Pierre Bonnard, Edouard Manet, Ernst Stuven, Robert and Florine Stettheimer. Added to still-life paintings will be decorative vases, plates, porcelain tea sets and silver pieces from the Tiffany Archive and the Carnegie Museum of Art. Warhol's 1974 series of Ikebana Flower Arrangements prints will be a highlight. Scientific examinations of flowers is featured with the Sienna-tinted photographs of floral arrangements by Adolphe Braun. The Carnegie Museum of Natural History is providing scientific flower specimens to round out completing the floriculture exhibition. Flowers Transformed
Abstract art is a "must have" when organizing an exhibit on Andy Warhol. This portion contains works that starts with the subject matter of flowers and travels into the unique visionary styles of Ross Bleckner, Alex Katz and Polly Apfelbaum. Decorative arts like the wallpaper of Trenton Doyle Hanock and Jim Hodge's Floral curtain are examples of art stepping outside the tradition norms. Allow time to view The 4 Seasons of Veronica Read, a Kutlug Ataman documentary of one woman's Amaryllis collection. The Warhol
Andy Warhol was born in Pittsburgh and the city is home to the museum in his honor. The Warhol is one of the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh. Future Exhibitions in The Warhol Anniversary celebration:
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