#warholrevelation
There’s something really fascinating about taking an iconic person, and figure in art history, and humanizing them. In Andy Warhol: Revelation, visitors get to enjoy a rarely-seen look into the artist’s personal life—including his cherished relationship with his mother.
“I never met a person I couldn’t call a beauty.” - Andy Warhol
#WarholRevelation explores some of the lesser-known facets of Warhol’s life including faith, family and his identity. Plan your visit before June 19. #MyBkM
#ICYMI, tickets to Andy Warhol: Revelation will be 40% off during First Saturday on April 2 from 5–10 pm. #FirstSaturdaysBkM are free, but advance registration is required. Admission is subject to capacity at the time of registered visitors’ arrival and is first come, first served.
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In his most famous works of the 1960s, Warhol often lifted imagery from newspaper ads. In the 1980s, he returned to this source, drawing from spiritual advertisements but varying his approach by tracing the ads by hand.
The images include a Jesus Christ night-light, a reference to the book of Revelation’s apocalyptic mark of the beast, admonitions for good behavior in consideration of the afterlife, and a radiant star of psychic power. The question “ARE YOU DIFFERENT?” may indicate Warhol’s personal insecurities, or how his sexuality had marked him throughout his life.
Have you experienced #WarholRevelation yet? Bring a friend and grab a ticket: https://bit.ly/revelationbkm
Visitors at Andy Warhol: Revelation. Brooklyn Museum November 19, 2021–June 19, 2022. (Photo: Jonathan Dorado, Brooklyn Museum. Artworks by Andy Warhol © 2021 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Used with permission of @warholfoundation) #warholfoundation
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On view together for the first time, #WarholRevelation features Warhol’s source materials for the Last Supper screenprints for paintings and works on paper.
Reproducing an already widely interpreted image, Warhol upended its traditional form using patterning, repetition, isolating gestures and moments, and vivid colors in large-scale canvases that rival the size of Leonardo da Vinci’s iconic fifteenth-century mural. One month before Warhol’s death, twenty-two of his Last Supper works were exhibited across the street from Leonardo’s mural in Milan.
See the Last Supper screenprints in-person at the Museum from now until June 19.
Visitors at Andy Warhol: Revelation. Brooklyn Museum November 19, 2021–June 19, 2022. (Photo: Jonathan Dorado, Brooklyn Museum. Artworks by Andy Warhol © 2021 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Used with permission of @warholfoundation) #warholfoundation
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New tickets are now available for our Pints and Prints classes on May 19 happening at 6 pm and 8 pm!
We’ve added space to this exciting event, where you can grab a pint and create your own Pop art print inspired by #WarholRevelation in this collagraph class led by teaching artist Sam Kelly.
Tickets are $35 ($25 for Members) and include after-hours admission to Andy Warhol: Revelation, art materials in your own Brooklyn Museum tote, and a complimentary drink. Get your ticket: https://bit.ly/34OIkTF
Visitors at Andy Warhol: Revelation. Brooklyn Museum November 19, 2021–June 19, 2022. (Photo: Jonathan Dorado, Brooklyn Museum. Artworks by Andy Warhol © 2021 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Used with permission of @warholfoundation) #warholfoundation
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The theme of death occurred in Warhol’s compositions from the early 1960s onward, appearing in both metaphorical and explicit images.
While the Death and Disaster series and the Skull paintings provide blunt reminders of death’s constant presence in life, Warhol also explored the theme allegorically through works depicting the setting sun and shadows, both offering sublime examples of the transition from light to dark. Always drawn to high-contrast imagery, Warhol was also interested in the illusory quality of shadows and their enigmatic, contemplative, and spiritual dimensions.
Visitors at Andy Warhol: Revelation. Brooklyn Museum November 19, 2021–June 19, 2022. (Photo: Jonathan Dorado, Brooklyn Museum. Artworks by Andy Warhol © 2021 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Used with permission of @warholfoundation) #warholfoundation
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Along with chicks, church, and chocolate, crosses are an innate component in Easter celebrations and symbolism.
For all its simplicity, the cross bears great significance in symbolizing both crucifixion and resurrection in Catholicism. Rather than depicting this symbol as a crucifix with representations of the body of Christ, Andy Warhol added bright colors and repetition to neutralize and universalize the symbol in his series, “Guns, Knives, and Crosses.”
Wishing you a Happy #Easter. See this series and the entirety of this revelatory, original exhibition through June 19. #WarholRevelation
Andy Warhol (American, 1928–1987). Crosses, 1981–82. Acrylic and screenprint on linen. The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh; Founding Collection, Contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.,1998.1.264. © 2021 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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