A paired down glimpse into the creative process of the iconic artist, Andy Warhol, is on view in the exhibition, ANDY WARHOL: Unique Studio Screenprints, 1979-80, curated by James Cavello at Westwood Gallery. As a collection, the work on view offers a distinctly different experience of Warhol’s usually glamorous persona and coveted works of art. A sense of the quiet mindfulness that goes into a studious artistic process grounded in experimentation seems to linger in a walk through the exhibition.
Most of the subjects in the unique screenprints speak to Warhol’s association with a camp sensibility or celebrity. Works featuring Jane Fonda, the Marx Brothers, and Vincent Minnelli (famed Director of An American in Paris and Gigi, as well as the father of the infamous Liza Minnelli) to name a few. The New York Post is also a test object-subject for one of the prints; an everyday commodity, similar to Warhol’s iconic Campbell’s Soup Cans.
ANDY WARHOL: Unique Studio Screenprints, 1979-80 at Westwood Gallery is on view until May 31, 2018.