Everyone has their own Andy Warhol –an elusive figure, the artist is virtually synonymous with American popular culture of the late 20th century. Remarkably, Warhol continues to inform our contemporary moment through his prescient, uncanny grasp of the drama and consequences of capitalism on the American psyche. Steeped in the vernacular of celebrity, propelled by aspirational consumerism, image-driven, and bound together by new forms of media: Warhol tapped into the crux of American culture.
This museum-wide survey exhibition focuses on the biographical underpinnings of Warhol’s practice and specifically expands on the less exposed aspects of his work and persona. Andy Warhol: Lifetimes casts a queer lens over the artist, positioning him as an outsider and disruptor who remade America’s image to resonate within a queer sensibility. This more intimate portrayal of the artist examines the spectral persona Warhol created to transcend the personal, to engage the self as a cultural myth, mirror, and decoder.
In keeping with the Aspen Art Museum’s artist-centered approach, the AAM invited artist Monica Majoli to re-conceptualize the staging of the exhibition, as envisioned by previous iterations.
Exhibition organized by Tate Modern, London in collaboration with Museum Ludwig, Cologne and Aspen Art Museum and the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
This exhibition is organized by Tate Modern, London by Gregor Muir, Director of Collection, International Art and Fiontan Moran, Assistant Curator, Tate Modern in collaboration with Museum Ludwig, Cologne by Yilmaz Dziewior, Director, and Stephan Diederich, Curator, Collection of Twentieth-Century Art.
Curated at Aspen Art Museum with archival and supplemental materials by Monica Majoli in collaboration with Nicola Lees, Nancy and Bob Magoon Director; Simone Krug, Assistant Curator; and the Aspen Art Museum team.
