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This
multimedia exhibition examines the artistic and cultural achievements
of
six living artists, who first gained
prominence through their association with Andy Warhol, and who
continue to practice
their
arts to
the present day.
The
group
comprises several generations of Warhol's associates. It begins with
those who played an integral
role in founding the famous silver Factory in the
early 1960's (Gerard Malanga and Billy Name) and those who were attracted to Andy and his studio in the
early years (Ultra Violet and Allen Midgette); extends to one who entered Warhol's circle after his move to
Union Square in 1968, and then to the final location
on 33rd Street (Christopher Makos); and concludes with Andy's own
nephew
(James Warhola), who carries on the artistic tradition within the Warhola family.
Each
artist
is
represented by a mini-retrospective of ten works, surveying the varied
media and phases of his
or
her career. These include themes of human sexuality (homosexual,
heterosexual, transvested);
spirituality (Christian subjects and Zen philosophy) and death and
disaster (guns and car accidents); a
fascination with famous people and Native Americans, with physical
beauty and international travel, and
with
conceptual art and its progenitors (especially Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray and
John
Cage); the union of word
and picture (in concrete poetry, and in poetic/photographic
memoirs); and the appropriation
and replication of images (through photography, photo silk
screening, and photocopying).
Laura Rubin joins the artists of the Warhol Circle with select
photographs from the factory years.
Throughout
his career, Andy Warhol relied on the collaborative support of creative
people
in the visual, literary, and performing arts to provide him with ideas
and
assistance in his artwork and his movies. These people helped to create
the intriguing atmosphere of Warhol's studio in New York City, known
simply
as the Factory. Pop icons who became household names in the sixties,
these
surviving members of the Factory years are sometimes overlooked in the
contemporary
assessment of Warhol's influence, and their accomplishments remain
hidden.
In "Ten Years
After- The Warhol Factory" the artistic achievements of six of Warhol's
associates are featured:
Gerard Malanga,
Billy Name, Ultra Violet, Allen Midgette and Christopher Makos are
included in the exhibition, as well as Warhol's nephew, James Warhola,
who carries on the artistic tradition within the Warhola family.
Curated by Dr.
Debra Miller (Associate Professor of Art History, Master of Arts and
Liberal
Studies Program), the exhibition represents each artist with a
mini-retrospective of approximately ten works, surveying the varied
media and phases of each one's career.
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