I am so so so soooooooooooooo suprememly excited for the upcoming exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) at the end of the year. It is (if you haven't already heard) drumroll....
ANDY WARHOL | AI WEIWEI !!!!
It will be a beautiful thought provoking, awesome and highly cool exhibition with assistance of Ai Weiwei and in conjunction with the The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh. Argh I can't even begin to explain how exciting this is!
So here's a quick run down if you are unfamiliar with either of these excellent artists!
ANDY WARHOL,
1928 -1987
Andy Warhol is arguably one of the most iconic and recognizable artists from the twentieth century. Contemporary art including his well versed skills in developing pop-art, was his style of choice. Basically, he was a very cool guy.
"More than twenty years after his death, Andy Warhol remains one of the most influential figures in contemporary art and culture. Warhol’s life and work inspires creative thinkers worldwide thanks to his enduring imagery, his artfully cultivated celebrity, and the ongoing research of dedicated scholars. His impact as an artist is far deeper and greater than his one prescient observation that “everyone will be world famous for fifteen minutes.” His omnivorous curiosity resulted in an enormous body of work that spanned every available medium and most importantly contributed to the collapse of boundaries between high and low culture. "
(source: The Andy Warhol Foundation website)
Find out more here or check out our books Andy Warhol: The Complete Commissioned Record Covers and This is Warhol (a member of the This is ____ series by Catherine Ingram)
AI WEIWEI
1957-
Ai Weiwei is a Chinese contemporary artist. Internationally acclaimed, his work is often frowned upon by the Chinese authorities due to his mainly dissident works concerning the current political regime. He hasn't been able to leave China in four years but has JUST GOTTEN IS PASSPORT BACK!! Which hopefully means that he'll be in Melbourne for his exhibition at the end of the year. Cross your fingers and toes.
Here's an article from the Smithsonian Museum about him or you can check out his Instagram too.
As for books, Ai Weiwei Speaks (with Hans Ulrich Obrist) and Ai Weiwei's Blog cataloguing as you would expect, his blog.
So I implore you all, at the end of the year to check out this exhibition! It'll be a as interesting as it is mind bending for sure.
ANDY WARHOL | AI WEIWEI !!!!
It will be a beautiful thought provoking, awesome and highly cool exhibition with assistance of Ai Weiwei and in conjunction with the The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh. Argh I can't even begin to explain how exciting this is!
So here's a quick run down if you are unfamiliar with either of these excellent artists!
ANDY WARHOL,
1928 -1987
Andy Warhol is arguably one of the most iconic and recognizable artists from the twentieth century. Contemporary art including his well versed skills in developing pop-art, was his style of choice. Basically, he was a very cool guy.
"More than twenty years after his death, Andy Warhol remains one of the most influential figures in contemporary art and culture. Warhol’s life and work inspires creative thinkers worldwide thanks to his enduring imagery, his artfully cultivated celebrity, and the ongoing research of dedicated scholars. His impact as an artist is far deeper and greater than his one prescient observation that “everyone will be world famous for fifteen minutes.” His omnivorous curiosity resulted in an enormous body of work that spanned every available medium and most importantly contributed to the collapse of boundaries between high and low culture. "
(source: The Andy Warhol Foundation website)
Find out more here or check out our books Andy Warhol: The Complete Commissioned Record Covers and This is Warhol (a member of the This is ____ series by Catherine Ingram)
AI WEIWEI
1957-
Ai Weiwei is a Chinese contemporary artist. Internationally acclaimed, his work is often frowned upon by the Chinese authorities due to his mainly dissident works concerning the current political regime. He hasn't been able to leave China in four years but has JUST GOTTEN IS PASSPORT BACK!! Which hopefully means that he'll be in Melbourne for his exhibition at the end of the year. Cross your fingers and toes.
Here's an article from the Smithsonian Museum about him or you can check out his Instagram too.
As for books, Ai Weiwei Speaks (with Hans Ulrich Obrist) and Ai Weiwei's Blog cataloguing as you would expect, his blog.
So I implore you all, at the end of the year to check out this exhibition! It'll be a as interesting as it is mind bending for sure.
'I had a lot of dates but I decided to stay home and dye my eyebrows.'
- Andy Warhol
'Never retreat, re-tweet!'
- Ai Weiwei
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