Starting on October 4th 2007 the Utah Museum of Fine Arts is hosting one of the most important exhibitions in it's history, a selection of nearly one hundred screenprints made by the one and only Andy Warhol, one of the most original and controversial artists of the 20th century. It is a rare opportunity for art lovers, as the works on loan from the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation include some of the best works of this kind made by Warhol. Among these, his depictions of Mao, Marilyn Monroe, the iconic Campbell's Soup, Mick Jagger or the more generic Ten Jews and Cowboys & Indians, in several variants. More than that, the show also has a number of individual prints, such as John F. Kennedy Campaign Poster and a number of self-portraits, surprisingly revealing.
Andy Warhol was one of the most important, tallented and highly original US artists of the last century, being the central character and model of Pop Art, a movement that he virtually configured and launched. He based his art solely on the dissection and new presentation, in a fake commercial note, of the American popular culture. His works are considered today to be both complex and accessible, and he is by far one of the most imitated creators. Fascinated by the idea of mass-produced, mass-manufactured masterpices, Warhol used the contemporary factory technics for his works, producing literally series of art.
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