Andy Warhol in Australia: Works from Private Collections

About the exhibition
Drawn almost exclusively from private collections in Australia, this exhibition traced the evolution of American Pop artist Andy Warhol’s career through three distinct phases: his early graphic work of the 1950s—including advertising commissions and illustrations for Harper’s Bazaar; the Pop Art era of the ’60s; and, from the early ’70s, his so-called ‘corporate art’ phase under the banner of Warhol Enterprises Inc.

A key focus of the exhibition was Warhol’s pioneering use of silkscreen printing. Featuring prints from the ’60s to the ’80s, including iconic subjects such as Jacqueline Kennedy III (Jackie III) , 1966, Marliyn Monroe , 1967, Flowers, 1970 and Electric Chairs, 1971, the exhibition highlighted how Warhol transformed screenprinting—once relegated to commercial reproduction—into a widely accepted medium for fine art.

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^{Image: Catalogue cover showing Andy Warhol in his studio with The Last Supper 1985. Photo: Henry Gillespie}