Fact Sheet:
‘Andy Warhol’s Dream America’
Screenprints from the Collection of the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation
Exhibition Dates:
Jan. 23 to May 1, 2005. The exhibition is touring with additional stops in Montana, Wyoming, Texas, Colorado, Arizona and California.
Organizers:
Yellowstone Art Museum and the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon in consultation with the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation
Curator:
Ben Mitchell, director of exhibitions and programs at the Nicolaysen Art Museum in Casper, Wyoming
Support:
Support for this exhibition and related educational and outreach programs has been made possible by a grant from the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation.
Exhibition Highlights:
The exhibition contains some of the late artist’s most popular “suites” or portfolios of work including by not limited to the “Maos,” “Marilyn Monroes,” “Campbell’s Soup,” “Mick Jaggers,” “Electric Chairs,” “Ten Jews” and “Cowboys & Indians.” In addition, several individual prints are featured including “John F. Kennedy Campaign Poster” from the “Flash” portfolio as well as the suite’s cover, “Jackie I” and “Jackie II,” “Muhammad Ali,” and several other revealing self-portraits. “Andy Warhol’s Dream America” features work in a variety of printmaking media, including aquatint, dry point, etching, lithography, mono print, photogravure, woodcut and screen print.
Related Materials:
• Teacher’s kit on printmaking built around the exhibition for area schools
• Full-color exhibition catalogue including an essay by Jim Edwards, authority on Andy Warhol and curator of exhibitions at the Salt Lake Art Center.
Artist:
Andy Warhol is noted for his dissection of American commerce and everyday life and his reverence for and playful exploration of American popular culture. His art is perhaps amongst the most accessible yet complex to emerge out of the 20th century.
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Contact:
Katie Sproles, (541) 346-0942, ksproles@uoregon.eduDec. 22, 2004