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Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris, 2 octobre 2015 - 7 février 2016

Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris, 2 octobre 2015 - 7 février 2016
Conservée à la Dia Art Foundation, les Shadows, étonnant ensemble de 102 toiles sérigraphiées de 17 couleurs différentes se déploient sur une longueur de plus de 130 mètres. Elles rappellent de façon magistrale la capacité de Warhol à ébranler les conventions de l'art, depuis la conception des oeuvres jusqu'à leur mise en scène. A la question de savoir si elles étaient de l’art, Warhol répondait non : « ... on passait de la disco durant le vernissage, je suppose que ça en fait un décor disco ». L’art de Warhol se présente comme un défi que l’exposition du Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris étend à plusieurs séries comme les Electric Chairs (1964-1971), les Jackies (1964), les Flowers (1964-1965), les Maos (1972-1973). Aussi encensé que critiqué, l'artiste possède toujours la capacité de bouleverser les attentes du visiteur et cela malgré la surmédiatisation à laquelle il a pratiquement toujours été exposé. Commissaires de l’exposition : Sébastien Gokalp Hervé Vanel Related:  Andy Warhol

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Andy Warhol | Tate Modern Andy Warhol (; born Andrew Warhola; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American artist, director and producer who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, celebrity culture, and advertising that flourished by the 1960s, and span a variety of media, including painting, silkscreening, photography, film, and sculpture. Some of his best known works include the silkscreen paintings Campbell's Soup Cans (1962) and Marilyn Diptych (1962), the experimental film Chelsea Girls (1966), and the multimedia events known as the Exploding Plastic Inevitable (1966–67). Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Warhol initially pursued a successful career as a commercial illustrator. After exhibiting his work in several galleries in the late 1950s, he began to receive recognition as an influential and controversial artist.

The Andy Warhol Museum

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