Andy Warhol gets another 15 minutes

Exhibition at

The Frist Center For The Visual Arts

in Nashville, Tennessee

WARHOL LIVE

Music and Dance in Andy Warhol’s work

This exhibition presents the first comprehensive multimedia exploration of the central role of music and dance in Andy Warhol’s work. Although he never composed music or choreographed dance, the influence of these two “live” art forms was felt in almost every medium he explored: drawing, filmmaking, graphic design, installation, painting, performance, photography, printmaking, sculpture, stage design, and television.

The famous Rolling Stones album cover for “Sticky Fingers”

“Warhol’s view of the world and the art he created left indelible marks on our culture,” said Frist Center Chief Curator Mark Scala.

“His genius was to challenge the art world’s sacred cows — originality, the painter’s touch, the belief in art as psychological revelation — which he believed were irrelevant in postwar America, an era defined by materialism and the mass production of consumer goods, an obsession with celebrity and a burgeoning understanding of the impact of mass media.”

An early highlight in the Warhol exhibit is a selection of album covers the artist designed between 1949 and his death in 1987.

Along with Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, the covers include the music of Count Basie, Artie Shaw, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, the Velvet Underground, Blondie and the Rolling Stones, all on loan from Montreal collector Paul Marechal.

Andy Warhol pioneer

While Andy Warhol created some of the most memorable paintings of his generation, he also expanded the traditional role of the artist. Moving between disciplines with dazzling ease, Warhol revealed himself to be not only a pioneer of multimedia installation, performance, and sound art, but also a model of the artist attuned to his time. The exhibition will run from June 24 until September 11.

Warhol Live: Music and Dance in Andy Warhol’s Work is produced by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in partnership with The Andy Warhol Museum, one of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh.