Andy Warhol: “Campbell’s Soup I” (1968) © Andy Warhol / Artist’s Right Society, New York
‘Andy Warhol: Prints’ at High Museum of Art The High Museum of Art hosts the exhibition ‘Andy Warhol: Prints from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation’. June 11 through September 3, 2017.]]>
Source: High Museum of Art
This comprehensive retrospective is the largest exhibition of its kind presented and features more than 250 prints and ephemera by Andy Warhol (American, 1928–1987), including such iconic screenprint portfolios as “Marilyn Monroe” (1967), “Campbell’s Soup I” (1968), “Electric Chair” (1971) and “Mao” (1972).
Printmaking featured prominently throughout Warhol’s career, beginning with his earliest work as a commercial illustrator in the 1950s. He discovered the process of silkscreen printing in 1962 and produced his first portfolio of screenprints, “Marilyn Monroe,” in 1967 at his legendary Factory studio. Subsequently, silkscreen printing became synonymous with Warhol’s career from the Factory Years through the end of his life.
The works in the exhibition are drawn exclusively from collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation in Portland, Ore. Remarkable for their nearly exhaustive range, the Schnitzer Collections offer an unparalleled opportunity to explore the breadth of Warhol’s influential graphic production over the course of four decades. The artist’s fascination with the commodification of celebrity chronicles American popular culture of the second half of the 20th century and serves as a prelude for considering our current fame-obsessed, mediasaturated culture.
“Given Warhol’s wide-ranging impact on American culture and the significant influence of media today, it seems a fitting time to reexamine the confluence of printmaking and popular culture in Warhol’s career,” said Michael Rooks, the High’s Wieland Family curator of modern and contemporary art.
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