Transmitting
Andy Warhol
Discover the man who changed
the modern art world. Transmitting
Andy Warhol brings together over 100 artworks from one of the most
influential, controversial and notorious artists of the twentieth century.
The first solo exhibition (07.11.2014 - 08.02.2015) of
work in the North of England,Transmitting Andy Warhol showcases
how Warhol’s practice spanned every medium, embracing the limitless channels of
publishing, film, music, and broadcasting, transforming the way we consume
culture today. Warhol’s endlessly diverse practice made waves in the world of
art, fashion, media and celebrity. An exhibition highlight will be Warhol’s
iconic Marilyn Diptych – Warhol’s
tribute to Monroe after her untimely death - which has been named the third
most influential work of modern artand remains one of the most enduring images
of all time.
Warhol was more than just the
master of Pop Art he was a
cultural icon. The original social networker, his celebrity status is as
controversial as the work that he created and he arguably heralded the consumer
led, celebrity driven world that we live in now. Warhol was an obsessive
documented, recording his daily life though diaries, tape recordings and
photography, decades before the explosion of social media. From television
commercials, to films, prints and the entire print run of his trailblazing
celebrity magazine Interview, Transmitting Andy Warhol shows how Warhol
combined the processes of making, marketing, publicity and distribution within
a single artwork.
During a brief retirement from
painting, Warhol’s interests expanded into the realm of performance and music.
Alongside his Brillo boxes, soup cans and celebrity portraits will be a
spectacular presentation of the travelling multi-media spectacle The Exploding Plastic Inevitable (EPI), Warhol’s famed
‘total art’ environments. Used as a framework for a series of performances by
the Velvet Underground and Nico, EPI will
bring the atmosphere of 1970s New York to the Liverpool Waterfront.
By tracing Warhol’s expansion
of the channels of communication in the context of mass information culture,
the exhibition provides new insights into the expansive range of
Warhol’s work. (Text: Tate
Liverpool)