Warhol canvas paintings and photos to be exhibited
January 15, 2009
In a celebration of pop art and style, a collection of paintings and photos from the pop art icon that is Andy Warhol will be displayed at an exhibition in the Joy Pratt Markham Gallery, which can be found at the Walton Arts Center, starting on January 20th and running until the end of the month.
The exhibition of Warhol’s work will feature eleven paintings and 16 photographs taken by Warhol. The exhibit is free and is open Monday-Saturday.
The paintings that will be on display are some of Warhol’s most famous works, including his pop art classics of Muhammad Ali, Pele and golfer Jack Nicklaus. Ten of these paintings are of athletes of the twentieth century.
The final painting is a portrait of Richard Weisman, an art collector and aficionado, who is also sponsoring the art exhibition.
Shannon Mitchell is the director of the Fine Arts Center Gallery:
Richard Weisman’s generous loan of his paintings, combined with our recently acquired photographs, should provide visitors to the Joy Pratt Markham Gallery with a taste of what made Andy Warhol such an icon of art in the 20th century.