DIRECTOR OF ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM TO SPEAK AT UO’S JORDAN SCHNITZER MUSEUM OF ART

TITLE: Andy Warhol’s Cultural Evidence Lecture

DATE: Saturday, Jan. 29

TIME: 2 p.m.

PLACE: Lecture Hall, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, 1430 Johnson Lane

DETAILS:

Andy Warhol Museum Director Tom Sokolowski will provide insight into the cultural environment in which Andy Warhol worked in a free slide-illustrated lecture and gallery talk at the University of Oregon’s Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 29. Sokolowski’s lecture is offered in conjunction with the art museum’s current special exhibition, “Andy Warhol’s Dream America,” which is on display through May 1.

Sokolowski will discuss Warhol’s influence on the way Americans perceive one another and his use of iconography in art. Sokolowski has long studied Warhol and has worked with Warhol scholars and curators of contemporary art around the world. He joined the Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, Pa. in 1996. The Andy Warhol Museum is the most comprehensive single-artist museum in the world, with a collection of more than 4,000 works of art by Warhol including paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, sculpture, film, videotapes and an extensive archive.

Tickets to Saturday’s lecture are limited and will be given on a first-come, first-serve basis. Advanced tickets may be picked up at the Museum Store, open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Lecture participants will be invited to view the museum galleries for free following the event.

Support for “Andy Warhol’s Dream America: Screenprints from the Collection of the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation” and related educational and outreach program has been made possible by a grant from The Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation.

For more information, call (541) 346-3027.

CONTACT: Katie Sproles, (541) 346-0942

SOURCE: Katie Sproles, (541) 346-0942

LINK: http://jsma.uoregon.edu

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