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The Factory Showroom
Andy Warhols New York Factory was not just
an artistic assembly line from which he cranked out one POP masterpiece
after another, as the name might imply. The Factory was a mindset, an attitude,
an extension of Andys belief that creative people could and should inspire
each other. The Factory represented an artistic communal mindset and a
sharing of the creative spirit which Andy perpetuated so effortlessly,
and which pervaded his work and the work of those close to and inspired
by him.
In celebration of the museums fifth anniversary,
and the acquisition of a great portrait of Marlon Brando, The Warhol has
created a new, Factory-inspired re-installation in the two first-floor
galleries. The installation captures the ambiance of the busy, star-studded,
and creativity-saturated Factory, allowing visitors a voyeuristic peek
into Andys world.
The big, un-missable Warhol self-portrait
still welcomes you, but surrounding it now are commissioned portraits,
and portraits of people who knew and worked with Warholpeople who might
have dropped by The Factory on any given day to partake in some wildly
creative session or simply to hang out. Arranged in two layers side-by-side,
these new images extend around the room, with Warhol appropriately at the
center, watching over and inspiring all.
Additionally, the second first-floor gallery,
previously filled with portraits of POP movement icons, now features the
new Marlon as well as portraits of Elvis, Jackie, Liz, and others–all
friends of Andys, or people who fascinated and inspired him.
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