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‘A is for Andy’ - 20 years after Warhol: An Andy Warhol Exhibition

This year marks the 20 th anniversary of the death of Andy Warhol and in commemoration, an exhibition featuring 119 pieces of the artist’s most unique and iconic works. The entire collection of ‘A is for Andy’ - 20 years after Warhol: An Andy Warhol Exhibition is estimated to be valued in excess of USD 10 million and is the first-ever exhibition of such an impressive magnitude in Singapore. It will include some of Warhol’s most popular screen-prints like Marilyn Monroe, Superman, Mickey Mouse, Campbell Soup and Mao. ‘A is for Andy’ will be held at 72-13 Mohamed Sultan Road (TheatreWorks) from 13 to 18 November 2007, and will be opened to the public on Saturday and Sunday, 17 and 18 November 2007.

Radical and most definitely progressive, Andy Warhol was a central figure in the pop art movement which began in the late 1950s and drew inspiration from the products of popular culture, such as advertising, packaging, comic books, the cinema and television.. Having demonstrated sheer talent in drawing and painting at a young age, Andy Warhol first worked as an illustrator for various high-fashion magazines, including Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar. He proceeded to hold his premiere solo gallery exhibition at the mere age of 24, exhibiting Fifteen Drawings Based on the Writings of Truman Capote.

In less than a decade, Andy Warhol’s status as a media icon had dramatically intensified with his show-stopping style mirroring the euphoric 60s - a world which saw the rise in a mass consumerism culture as consumer goods became more affordable. Warhol captured the universal craving for glamour and glitz in his art and became known internationally as a painter, an avant-garde filmmaker, a record producer, an author and even a public figure. The artist and his art was celebrated for his presence in diverse social circles: from that of bohemian street people to distinguished intellectuals; from Hollywood celebrities to wealthy aristocrats.

Highlights of the exhibition include the eight complete portfolios, such as the $ sign, Mao, Beethoven, Grapes, Camouflage, Shadows 1, Shadows 2, Electric Chairs and the unique set of commissioned works created for the promotional campaigns of the Perrier water and of the Muratti Cigarettes by Philip Morris. This set of commissioned promotional campaigns is near-inimitable as it is representative of Andy Warhol’s desire in producing works that were aesthetically and conceptually complex.

The impact of Andy Warhol is all around us today and his influence is immeasurable. He revolutionised the concept of art by taking it off its pedestal and made it more accessible to people. An opinion leader, a trend-setter and an artist manager who turned art into a mass phenomenon, Warhol believed that art should be made more easily accessible to the person on the street and ‘A is for Andy’ hopes to make his vision a reality.

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