Athletes by Andy Warhol
Athletes by Andy Warhol
(45cm x 62cm)
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This poster was created to promote an exhibition of Andy Warhol's "Athletes" series at the Virginia Museum. It was a traveling exhibition of the artists' latest works featuring silkscreen portraits of the most famous athletes of the day. The series was commissioned and conceptualized by Warhol's friend and art dealer, Richard Weisman in 1977. Athletes in the series ranged from Muhammad Ali to Chris Evert.
Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987) was an American artist, film director and producer. Warhol was a leading figure in the Pop Art movement, where he tackled the integration of art, celebrity and consumerist culture in his works. Well known for his serigraphs such as his Marilyn Diptych and Campbell’s Soup Cans, Warhol also produced and directed his own experimental films such as "Chelsea Girls", created Interview Magazine and managed The Velvet Underground. Warhol was multifaceted in medium, using photography, film, sculpture, paint and printmaking to create his various works. Before becoming the art icon he is known as today, Warhol was a commercial illustrator. After moving from Pittsburgh to New York in 1949, Warhol designed store window displays and created ads for luxury brands such as Chanel and Lighthouse Footwear. Today, one can find his works at the Andy Warhol Museum located in the artists’ hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, and almost every other major museum in the world.
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