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In Living Color: Andy Warhol and Contemporary Printmaking from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation March 1–May 17, 2015 / Jepson Center Andy Warhol (1928–1987) depicted the world with the volume turned up. Employing a seemingly endless palette, his work has challenged our perceptions of popular culture, politics, and consumerism for more than fifty years. Warhol was the central figure of American pop art, a movement that emerged in the late 1950s in reaction to the heroism of abstract expressionism. Warhol and his contemporaries sought to eradicate the notion of the “genius artist” and downplay the role of originality in art, adopting mechanical means of generating images such as screenprinting, which theoretically allowed for an endless reproduction of images. In drawing inspiration from the rapidly changing world around them, pop artists sought to be more inclusive in their subjects, and more aware of the day-to-day conditions of contemporary existence. Spanning three decades of Warhol’s career, this exhibition features some of the artist’s most iconic screenprints, including his portraits of Marilyn Monroe and Mao Zedong, the splashy camouflage series, and the controversial Electric Chair portfolio. Drawn exclusively from the rich collections of Jordan Schnitzer and his family foundation, In Living Color is divided into five sections—experimentation, emotion, experience, subversion, and attitude. In each, Warhol’s work is placed in conversation with other artists of the postwar era, such as Louise Bourgeois, Chuck Close, and Keith Haring, whose work uses color as a tool to shape how we interpret and respond to images.
Support for the exhibition and related educational and outreach programs has been made possible by a grant from the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation. Andy Warhol; Marilyn Monroe, (II.22); AP edition C/Z, 1967; screenprint; © 2014 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
RELATED PROGRAMS / Jepson Center In Living Color Free Family Day
Opening Lecture by Jordan D. Schnitzer
Saturday, April 11, 1–4 pm
Thursday, March 5, 6 pm
See p. 15 for more details. Admission is free, thanks to project funding from the City of Savannah and Georgia Power Foundation, Inc.
Join the noted art collector Jordan D. Schnitzer for an inside look at the works In Living Color. Mr. Schnitzer’s passion for collecting post–World War II American art grew from his first purchase at age 14 to a collection that now includes more than 8,000 works by American masters. Free to members or with museum admission.
The Jepson Center Eckburg Atrium will house a monumental inflatable sculpture by acclaimed Parisian artist Anne Ferrer. Titled Hot Pink, the huge biomorphic work was originally commissioned by the Taubman Museum of Art in Roanoke, Virginia, for that museum’s light-filled atrium. Ferrer is noted for her colorful, sensuous, and playful sculptures, which have been shown in venues ranging from the Pompidou Centre in Paris, to La Paz, Bolivia, to a recent large-scale work for the Houston Public Library. Ferrer’s vibrant works are something of a sensory overload. In past projects, she has collaborated with performers, composers, perfumers, and a pastry chef. Stitched from parachute fabric, Hot Pink’s billowing form will remain on view through the fall of 2015, overlapping with an exhibition of another French artist who explored the possibilities of colors, Claude Monet.
RELATED PROGRAM / Jepson Center Opening Lecture by Anne Ferrer Thursday, April 9, 6 pm The Paris-based artist will lecture on her work. Free to members or with museum admission.
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Anne Ferrer, Hot Pink, 2014,Installation
Anne Ferrer: Hot Pink Opening April 9, 2015 / Jepson Center