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"Andy Warhol: Social Observer"
2000-11-18 until 2001-02-19
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Washington, DC, USA

The exhibition, Andy Warhol: Social Observer, now on view at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, will travel to the Corcoran Gallery of Art this November. A groundbreaking exhibition that explores the depth and variety of Warhol's observations of American society, Social Observer features more than 86 paintings, prints, photographs and one film. Also on view are rarely exhibited archival materials from The Andy Warhol Museum.

This exhibition examines the subjects and themes that preoccupied Warhol throughout his career, from as early as the 1940s to the time of his death in 1987. An artist famous for promoting himself as apathetic, vacuous, and superficial, Warhol was in fact a passionate observer with opinions, affiliations, sympathies, and a strong sense of politics. Andy Warhol: Social Observer is the first exhibition to fully explore this aspect of Warhol's work and offers a deeper understanding of his place in the history of 20th-century American art.

Andy Warhol: Social Observer includes selections from his series devoted to Electric Chairs, Car Crashes, Most Wanted Men, and Race Riots. One of Warhol's Time Capsules is also on view, providing a glimpse into a rarely examined aspect of his infatuation with popular culture.


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