New Acquisitions from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

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April 3 - August 8, 2015 Gallery A

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts was established in 1987; in late 2014, the Foundation completed years of planned giving in accordance with Andy Warhol’s will: “to further the advancement of the visual arts” by donating the majority of his unsold artwork to museums, colleges and universities across the world. The Turchin Center for the Visual Arts received two separate donations of Warhol’s artwork from the Foundation. The first donation of 158 Polaroids and silver gelatin photographs resulted in our 2009 exhibition: Andy Warhol, A Photographic Legacy: Recent Gifts to the Turchin Center Permanent Collection. The second donation, received in 2013, consists of the six “out-of-edition” silkscreen prints included in Quicksilver: New Acquisitions from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts on view in Gallery A. Out-of-edition prints were made during the original print run. Warhol worked with his assistants on the prints but later decided that they were not “perfect” enough to be included in the print release. Each of the prints in the Turchin Collection is designated for research and educational purposes only.

Over the years, the infamous Warhol Factory migrated to various locations around New York City including: 231 East 47th Street, 1963-1967; 33 Union Square, 1967-1973; 860 Broadway, 1973; 22 East 33rd Street, 1984-1987; and, 158 Madison Avenue, 1987—Warhol’s last studio. Quicksilver pays homage to Andy Warhol’s original Factory (1950s – 1962/63), located at 1342 Lexington Avenue. Coined the “Silver Factory” by its frequent visitors, the live/work/party space was decorated by Warhol’s friend Billy Name; the entire loft, even the bathroom, was covered in tin foil, silver paint and silver balloons. Quicksilver provides a visceral immersion experience for the viewer, showcasing the six (6) silkscreen prints now part of the Turchin Center’s permanent collection.

When Warhol first established his Factory, he was a fairly successful commercial illustrator. Surrounded by drag queens, drug addicts, artists, musicians, writers, socialites, movie stars and underground celebrities, Warhol desperately wanted to be taken seriously as a famous artist. Initially rejected by the fine art world, Warhol embraced Pop Art; turning to screen-printing, he blended popular culture, commercial practices and high art. With serially produced silkscreens, Warhol was able to become the art-making machine he dreamed of, minimizing the hand of the artist in the production of his artwork and using famous icons and idols of current popular culture as his subject matter much like the Campbell’s Soup Can trashcan you see in the exhibition. The soup can trashcan was so popular in the first Turchin Warhol acquisition exhibit that it has been incorporated into the second; like Warhol, the Turchin Center likes to recycle popular imagery.

-Mary Anne Redding, Turchin Center Curator

Background image: Andy Warhol Self Portrait with Skull, 1977 ©2010 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Cowboys and Indians (Sitting Bull)1986Screenprint on Lenox Museum BoardG.2014.1.6

Ingrid Bergman (With Hat)1983Screenprint on Lenox Museum BoardG.2014.1.1

Saint Apollonia1984Screenprint on Essex Offset Kid Finish paperG.2014.1.2

Reigning Queens (Royal Edition) (Queen Ntombi)1985Screenprint on Lenox Museum Board and diamond dustG.2014.1.3

Truck1985Screenprint on Lenox Museum BoardG.2014.1.4

Cowboys and Indians (War Bonnet Indian)1986Screenprint on Lenox Museum BoardG.2014.1.5

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A special thank you to Pam McKay and the staff at the Art Cellar Gallery in Banner Elk, NC for the framing of the Warhol prints.

Extra, out of the edition. Designated for research and educational purposes only. © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.

Extra, out of the edition. Designated for research and educational purposes only. © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.

Extra, out of the edition. Designated for research and educational purposes only. © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.

Extra, out of the edition. Designated for research and educational purposes only. © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.

Extra, out of the edition. Designated for research and educational purposes only. © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.

Extra, out of the edition. Designated for research and educational purposes only. © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.

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