![]() ![]() ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM SERIESThe last series of pictures to be undertaken in his lifetime, only 36 silk-screen paintings and 13 drawings representing eight different Mercedes-Benz models were completed. Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New YorkĪndy Warhol, Cowboys and Indians: Northwest Coast Mask, 1986, Screenprint on Lenox museum board Edition 55/250, 36 × 36 inches, Collection Booth Western Art Museum © 2021 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.Works from the Mercedes-Benz Art CollectionĬommissioned on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of the motor car, Andy Warhol’s uncompleted 1986/87 Cars series was to include 80 pictures intended to record the history of the motor car from the Daimler Motor Coach and Benz Patent Motor Car, both dating from 1886, to the present day. ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM TRIALLicensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New YorkĪndy Warhol, Cowboys and Indians: Action Picture, 1986 Screenprint on Lenox, museum board Trial proof 13/36 36 × 36 inches, Booth Western Art Museum, © 2021 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New YorkĪndy Warhol, Cowboys and Indians: Mother and Child, 1986 Screenprint on Lenox, museum board Edition 55/250 36 × 36 inches, Collection Booth Western Art Museum, LaGrange, GA, © 2021 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. ![]() Warhol’s West was organized by Booth Western Art Museum, Cartersville, GA, and the Cochran Collection, LaGrange, GA.Īndy Warhol, Cowboys and Indians: Annie Oakley, 1986 Screenprint on Lenox museum board Edition 55/250 36 × 36 inches, Collection Booth Western Art Museum © 2021 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. What is clear is, Warhol’s ability to find subjects that hold meaning still today, a reminder that the American West and its myths have influenced and inspired people through a turbulent past into a dynamic present and shared future. But his art does seem to go deeper, with nuances and complexities to discover. Determining Warhol’s intent or social commentary is difficult, if not impossible, as he insisted that the surface was all there was. And there are few things as uniquely American as the people and cultures of the West. Warhol himself regularly told interviewers he was as American as they come. Pop art was hailed during its heyday as purely American. This body of work furthers our understanding of how the American West infiltrates the public’s imagination through contemporary art and popular culture.Ĭowboys and Indians juxtaposes images of pop culture’s mythic West with Warhol’s interpretations of 19th century history, all in his signature style. His work in the western genre is immediately recognizable, impressive, daring, inspirational, and sometimes confrontational. ![]() Selected works examine how Warhol’s western work merges the artist’s portrayal of celebrities with his interest in cowboys, American Indians, and western motifs. Warhol’s West introduces the range of western imagery Warhol produced. These works of art reveal Warhol’s process and some of the most understudied aspects of the artist’s career. Famous faces in the series include Geronimo, Annie Oakley, Sitting Bull, and Theodore Roosevelt. The exhibition presents a wide range of Western imagery and more by Warhol, including his last major suite Cowboys and Indians (1986). Warhol’s West explores Pop artist Andy Warhol’s fascination with the American West. Artwork and objects reveal the famous Pop artist’s surprising affinity for western motifs. View the American West through Andy Warhol’s eyes. ![]()
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