Andy Warhol: Portrait of America, an ARTIST ROOMS Partnership Exhibition with Tate and National Galleries of Scotland, brings several of the artist's most iconic works to audiences in Milton Keynes, in celebration of MK Gallery's 25th anniversary.
Born in Pittsburgh, USA to parents who immigrated from what is now known as Slovakia, Andy Warhol (1928-1987) moved to New York in 1949 to work as a commercial illustrator, developing styles and techniques that propelled him to the centre of America's cultural scene. Warhol reimagined what art could and should be at a time of social, political and technological change.
This exhibition presents a survey of his work, spanning his career from the 1950s-80s. It features early drawings, painted silkscreens and photographic series that showcase Warhol's collaborations with artists, friends, filmmakers and celebrities. Images of Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor and Warhol himself feature alongside Coca-Cola bottles, Campbell's soup cans, and symbols of the artist's fascination with mortality.
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