| The "Pope of Pop - Andy Warhol World Tour Exhibition" is an event put together by a Spanish management company in honor of the late Andy Warhol's 80th birthday. It shows many art pieces borrowed from European and American museum collections. Taiwan had the honor of hosting the grand opening of the exhibition's Asian tour. The exhibition was received with much enthusiasm when it opened in Taipei earlier this year. Now, the exhibition is in Kaohsiung. From now until the 18th of May, the "Pope of Pop - Andy Warhol World Tour Exhibition" is here at Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts in its full splendor. Andy Warhol (1928~1987) is the most important icon in pop art. His appeal as a dazzling, mystifying man in contemporary art history is no less than the legendary Pablo Picasso. As an accomplished artist, Andy Warhol excelled in many different art forms and was also a popular figure in real life. His talent was shown in his paintings as well as his avant-garde movies, records and many other platforms. He was also a well recognized writer and a celebrity, and was highly influential in both the fields of art and fashion. In his early days, Andy Warhol worked as an illustrator for several fashion magazines in New York. His work won several awards, and eventually, he had his own personal exhibition in New York. In the fifties, he experimented with oil painting. In the sixties, he created a series of silk screen printed portraits of celebrities -Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Elizabeth Taylor, to name a few. His theme prints, such as the 82 dollar bills, the 12 Campbell Soup cans, and the 210 bottles of Coca Cola brought much discussion and controversy. The impact of Andy Warhol's work in visual art and media design continues to this day. "Duplication" is a distinguished theme in Andy Warhol's work that sets him apart from the concept of art in the past. He believed adamantly that art and commercialism are not, and should not be, completely separated. His mass production of duplicated art pieces featuring celebrity images and commercial icons became a phenomenon due to his commercial and marketing strategy. In a few short years, he turned around the old stereotypical concepts about art and broke through the boundaries that used to separate design, advertisement, media, and commercialism. He left his mark on the future generations of contemporary artists, as well as the concept and methods of visual delivery and media design.  | | A series of some 30 candid portraits of the artist shot during the year 1975 by Italian photographer Dino Pedriali | This exhibition includes more than 120 pieces of Andy Warhol's most representative original work on different media from different periods; from the 1950s when he had just begun to form his own style, up to the 1980s. The exhibition also features a series of some 30 candid portraits of the artist shot in the year 1975 by Italian photographer Dino Pedriali. The audience will enjoy a glimpse of the unique glamour of the superstar artist, as well as the charm of pop art. What is pop art? Pop art is a new movement in art started in the 1950s. The idea of pop art is a rebellion against the design of modernism. Pop artists took everyday elements in popular culture as the base material of their creations. Their work cast a long and strong influence in Hollywood movies, rock-n-roll, and commercial culture, especially in fashion. Pope of Pop - Andy Warhol World Tour Exhibition. Exhibition dates: April 11th to May 18th, 2009
Location: Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Gallery 101~103
Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts official website: http://www.kmfa.gov.tw | 
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