AFA 22nd Anniversary

22nd Anniversary 22 www.afamag.com | w ww.incollect.com HAPPENINGS Andy Warhol Portfolios: A Life in Pop February 5–June 26, 2022 Fresno Art Museum, 2233 North First Street, Fresno, CA For information, visit www.fresnoartmuseum.org Andy Warhol Portfolios: A Life in Pop, Works from the Bank of America Collection will feature 94 of Warhol’s works of art that span forty years of photographic silkscreen printmaking. The exhibition includes portfolios and individual prints by Warhol starting with iconic works from the mid-1960s to a series of monoprints created in 1985. While many of the works were made in the 1970s and 1980s, their subject matter—iconic people, trends, and issues—reflects Warhol’s decades- long process of mirroring popular American culture. Andy Warhol (1928–1987), one of the central figures of the Pop Art movement and one of the most recognizable artists of the second half of the 20th century, is known for transforming photographic imagery through color, design, form, and multiples. Due to the infinite possibilities of printmaking, Warhol’s portfolios contain a vast array of techniques, ranging from collage and drawing to the use of diamond dust and color variation. The prints demonstrate the many aspects of Warhol’s art, including his brilliance as a colorist. A true radical in his approach to art, the breadth and significance of Warhol’s influence has made him one of the most important artists of our time. Disrupting Design: Modern Posters, 1900–1940 Through April 2022 High Museum of Art, 1280 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA For information, visit www.high.org Though not precious or unique, the poster is the ultimate design object—it disseminates ideas and images that reflect a time and place. As an object of design history, the poster can comment on social or cultural shifts, but it is probably best known for its most prominent role—selling commercial products. This exhibition surveys the origins of modern poster design featuring works from the collection of Merrill C. Berman, who focused on twentieth-century radical art. Berman’s collection represents a complex history of modernism, as avant-garde artists actively produced fine and applied art for commercial and political aims. Starting in the early 1900s, these designers revolutionized typography and the graphic image, creating poster designs that changed artistic perspectives, as well as the hearts and minds of people. The works on view demonstrate the origins of modern graphic design, as practiced in Europe, and how the medium could be marshaled into service for social change. Andy Warhol, Flowers (5 of 10 in suite from Flowers portfolio), 1970, Screenprint on paper, 28/250, Bank of America Collection © 2022 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York 1. Ernst Deutsch-Dryden (Austrian, 1887-1938), Salamander, 1912. Lithograph on paper. Merrill C. Berman Collection. Image courtesy High Museum of Art. 2. Georgii Stenberg (Russian, 1900-1933) and Vladimir Stenberg (Russian, 1899-1982), High Society Wager, 1927. Offset lithograph on paper. Merrill C. Berman Collection. Image courtesy High Museum of Art. 3. Hans Rudi Erdt (German, 1883-1918), Opel, 1911. Lithograph on paper. Merrill C. Berman Collection. Image courtesy High Museum of Art. 4. Lester Beall (American, 1903-1969), Running Water Rural Electrification Administration, 1937. Silkscreen on paper. Merrill C. Berman Collection. Image courtesy High Museum of Art. 1 4 3 2