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Artwork courtesy Private Collection
Andy Warhol has always been an inspiration to the New York Academy of Art. His belief in the primacy of drawing attracted him to our mission and led him to become one of our early board members. This exhibition is something of a homecoming for his legacy here.
Warhol’s artistic journey is emblematic of the transformation we desire for our students. At the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh from 1945 to 1949, he immersed himself in a classical studio art training. He used that foundation to set out on his own, making work that was anything but academic. Armed with technical skill, he was able to simplify to a single fluid line and capture the world’s imagination.
In this exhibition you will see Warhol’s experiments with different techniques, making broken line and stippled pieces using graphite pencils to make portraits. His early use of blotted line technique is also on view, as is his use of simple pen and paper. What emerges is a renewed appreciation for Warhol as a draftsman and fine artist.
We thank Daniel Blau, Shelly Fremont, Paul Kasmin, Anton Kern, Stavros Merjos, Sam Shikiar, and Angela Westwater who lent the works on view here from their private collections, many of which have never been presented in public. This show would not have been possible without their support.
Curated by Vincent Fremont and David Kratz
This exhibition is generously sponsored by AXA XL and 108 Leonard with support from Cadogan Tate.
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