WDET Event
October 19, 2008 - January 11, 2009
Wednesday through Sunday from 11am - 5pm, Closed Mondays and Tuesdays
Price: Adults $10.00, Full-time University Students and Teens $4.00, Children 12 and Under Free
Andy Warhol, arguably the most important artist of the second half of the twentieth century, captivated the world with his irreverent perspective on modern life and celebrity. Cranbrook Art Museum presents an unmatched exhibition of more than 200 signature examples of the artist's work, highlighting Warhol's practice in four artistic media - painting, photography, print and film - and spanning the breadth of the artist's career from the 1960's through the 1980's.
The highlight and centerpiece of Andy Warhol: Grand Slam are the ten paintings that comprise The Athletes Series. Warhol created paintings of the greatest sports figures of the late 1970s: Muhammad Ali, Jack Nicklaus, Chris Evert, Rod Gilbert, Tom Seaver, O.J. Simpson, Dorothy Hamill, Pele, Willie Shoemaker, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
The exhibit also celebrates the recent gift of over 150 photographs previously held by the Andy Warhol Foundation to Cranbrook Art Museum. These images, many of which were taken using a Polaroid camera, showcase Warhol's use of photography as a compositional aid for the creation of prints and paintings.
We will also feature four important print series by Warhol. The artist's iconic Electric Chair (1965) and Campbell's Soup I (1968) series will be joined by some of his finest later works: Ten Jews of the Twentieth Century (1980) and Endangered Species (1983).
The final component of Andy Warhol: Grand Slam focuses on Warhol's extraordinary career as a maker of art and narrative films. For the duration of the exhibition, Cranbrook Art Museum will present a veritable Warhol film festival, showcasing a new film by the artist most every week.
The highlight and centerpiece of Andy Warhol: Grand Slam are the ten paintings that comprise The Athletes Series. Warhol created paintings of the greatest sports figures of the late 1970s: Muhammad Ali, Jack Nicklaus, Chris Evert, Rod Gilbert, Tom Seaver, O.J. Simpson, Dorothy Hamill, Pele, Willie Shoemaker, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
The exhibit also celebrates the recent gift of over 150 photographs previously held by the Andy Warhol Foundation to Cranbrook Art Museum. These images, many of which were taken using a Polaroid camera, showcase Warhol's use of photography as a compositional aid for the creation of prints and paintings.
We will also feature four important print series by Warhol. The artist's iconic Electric Chair (1965) and Campbell's Soup I (1968) series will be joined by some of his finest later works: Ten Jews of the Twentieth Century (1980) and Endangered Species (1983).
The final component of Andy Warhol: Grand Slam focuses on Warhol's extraordinary career as a maker of art and narrative films. For the duration of the exhibition, Cranbrook Art Museum will present a veritable Warhol film festival, showcasing a new film by the artist most every week.
Venue Information
Cranbrook Art Museum
39221 Woodward Avenue
Bloomfield Hills MI, 48303
248-645-3320
www.cranbrookart.edu/museum