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American Pop:
Featuring Andy Warhol’s Athletes
from the Richard Weisman Collection

August 16 – November 2, 2008

American Pop is organized around the special display of Andy Warhol’s Athletes Series. Begun in 1977 and completed in 1979, the 10 paintings capture the decade’s athletic superstars with the late-20th-century’s ultimate expression of fame—a Warhol silk-screened portrait. The story behind how Warhol came to photograph and “paint” Dorothy Hamill, Muhammad Ali, Pele and Jack Nicklaus reveals the ongoing importance of friendships between patrons and artists in contemporary art. Additional works drawn from regional collections along with the Crocker’s own holdings tell the story of how Andy Warhol and other artists made Pop one of the most successful, yet controversial movements of the era.

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exhibition programs

Members-only Opening Reception
Friday, August 15, 5:30-8 PM
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Highlight Tours
Saturday & Sunday, August 16 & 17,
10 AM-2 PM.

Curator’s Eye: Diana Daniels on American Pop
Thursday, September 4, 6 p.m.

Higher Education Forum: A Conversation with Richard Weisman
Friday, September 12, 2:30-4 p.m.

Second Saturday for Families: Patterns and Pop!
Saturday, September 13, Noon-3 p.m.

 

 

 

Muhammad Ali

Andy Warhol, Muhammad Ali from the Athletes Series, 1977-79. Silkscreen on canvas, 40 x 40 in. Richard Weisman Collection. © Andy Warhol Foudnation for the Visual Arts/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

 



 

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