Maryhill Museum of Art
News
Release
July 2,
2008
Media
Contact: Leslie Wetherell
35 Maryhill
Museum Drive
Goldendale, WA 98620
509-773-3733
leslie@maryhillmuseum.org
Andy Warhol & Other Famous
Faces
Comes to Maryhill Museum of
Art
Exhibit Celebration,
Saturday August 2, 2008
-- Iconic Warhol Images and Works by
Other Artists from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer
and his Family Foundation - Shown July 19
through November 15, 2008 --
--Opening Celebration, Saturday,
August 2, 2008 --
Goldendale,
Washington -- Maryhill Museum of Art celebrates the opening of the exhibit Andy Warhol and Other Famous Faces, Saturday August 2 with a
collector's talk, gallery walk, family fun day art activity, and monoprint workshop.
From 1 to 4 p.m., visitors will be encouraged to join the museum's education staff
to
create a free self-portrait using Andy Warhol's "blotted line technique". At
3 p.m., the public is invited to meet collector Jordan
Schnitzer and hear him talk about his collections. The talk will be
followed by a walk through the
exhibit with curator Lee
Musgrave. A reception will follow both presentations at 4:30
p.m. All programs free with admission.
For
those
with an interest in printmaking, noted master printer Frank Janzen will
lead a mono-print workshop, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cost of the workshop
is $60
and advance registration is required.
The
museum
and grounds will remain open until 7 p.m. Bring your own picnic
and enjoy the evening. Or plan to purchase a picnic dinner from
the
Maryhill Cafe.
American
Andy Warhol (1928-1987), one of the most celebrated artists of the 20th
Century, is coming to Maryhill Museum of Art in the spectacular
Columbia River
Gorge for a four-month exhibit in the form of his famous prints from
the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and his Family
Foundation.
During
the
1960s Warhol began to explore the iconic status of everyday objects
such as his images of Campbell's soup cans and his portraits of such
notable
personalities as Marilyn Monroe and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. The
work he produced established Warhol as the rising star in what was to
become known
as the Pop Movement. In the 1970s his fascination with
portraiture grew and he began producing dozens of vibrant portraits
that had a lasting
effect on popular culture and art.
"Andy Warhol bridged the gap
between popular and high culture and made it easier for succeeding
generations
to participate in fine art," said Maryhill Museum curator Lee
Musgrave. "His approach shattered earlier conventions of
portraiture and other
artist shared his enthusiasm for this new art."
Opening on Saturday, July 19, the Andy Warhol & Other Famous Faces
exhibit includes
portraits by Warhol of The Beatles, Sitting Bull, General Custer,
Geronimo, Queen Elizabeth II, Jimmy Carter, Marilyn Monroe, Liza
Minnelli,
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, the emblematic Campbell's Soup Can (Tomato), and others.
Also
shown are portraits by artists Jennifer Bartlett, Chuck Close, Osvaldo
Salas Freire, Red Grooms, Jasper Johns, Jeff Koons,
Takashi Murakami, Mel Ramos, Robert Rauschenberg, and Tom Wesselman.
They portray Elvis Presley, Charlie Chaplin, Vincent Van Gogh, Ernest
Hemingway,
John and Robert Kennedy, Elizabeth Taylor, Mona Lisa, and others.
All
work in the exhibit is on loan from the Collections of Jordan D.
Schnitzer and his Family Foundation. Schnitzer began
collecting art at the age of fourteen and it has become his lifelong
pursuit. He is a connoisseur whose contemporary print collection
exceeds 5,000
works.
Andy Warhol &
Other Famous Faces
marks the third exhibition of works loaned by Jordan Schnitzer that
Maryhill Museum of
Art has organized. The exhibit and related programs are sponsored by
Puget Sound Energy, the Jordan D. Schnitzer Family Foundation, Bill and
Cathy
Dickson, Diane Plumridge and Art Dodd, and Windy Point Partners LLC.
Related
Events
Monoprint
Workshop, August 2 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. : Mono-printing
is a painterly method of printmaking that is essentially a printed
painting where no two prints are alike, and the
beauty of it is in its spontaneity. This in-depth workshop is taught by
master-printmaker Frank Janzen from Crow's Shadow's Institute for the
Arts.
Crow's Shadow's first full-time resident master printer, Frank, is an
artist in his own right, working mainly in printmaking and painting,
and has
collaborated with numerous artists of note throughout the United
States, Canada and South Africa to create limited edition lithographs.
Founded by
artist James Lavadour and a group of supporters in 1992, Crow's
Shadow's Institute for the Arts is a non-profit art facility designed
to bring
technology, instruction and cultural exchange to artists on the
Umatilla Indian Reservation in Eastern Oregon. The workshop is
Saturday, August 2, 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. Reservations are required and the cost is $50 plus a $10
materials fee.
Maryhill
After
Hours -- Picnic on the Grounds, August 2, 5 to 7 p.m.
Maryhill
Museum of Art will be open after hours until 7 p.m. on August 2. Picnic
on the grounds! Bring
your favorite picnic foods and something for the peacocks too! If
you would rather, consider purchasing a picnic dinner from the Maryhill
Cafe.
Enjoy the spectacular views of the Columbia River Gorge.
Lecture on Andy Warhol: On July 24, at 7 p.m., noted art critic
Sue Taylor will present Andy Warhol, Postmodern Persona in a public lecture that will highlight Warhol's impact on pop culture. The talk is
free with museum admission.
Experience the Enchantment of Maryhill Museum of Art:
Founded by Sam Hill,
one of the most colorful and influential figures of the early American
West, Maryhill Museum of Art was dedicated by Queen Marie of Romania in
1926
and opened to the public in 1940. Located just 90 miles east of
Portland and set in a castle-like chateau on a bluff overlooking the
Columbia River
Gorge, Maryhill is one of the Pacific Northwest's cultural jewels. The
museum contains world-class collections ranging from early 20th century
European works to Native American artifacts and the second largest
collection of original Auguste Rodin on the West Coast. A visit may
include lunch,
espresso and desserts available at Café Maryhill. Four miles east of
the museum, is the museum's full-scale replica of England's famous
Neolithic
Stonehenge. Maryhill Museum of Art is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
March 15 to November 15. Admission is $7 for adults, $6 for seniors and
$2 for
children age 6-16. Children five and under are free. The American
Association of Museums accredits Maryhill Museum of Art. Visit http://www.maryhillmuseum.org/ for more
information.
Photography After Andy Warhol, Marilyn
(Announcement), 1981, screenprint.
From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and
his Family Foundation. © Andy Warhol Foundation.
For a 300
dpi resolution photo click
here.
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