N
Pop Of Art
Thefoundingfather ofpop art, Andy Warhol found
something to paint in everything from soup to Einstein.
s.c) Kof
© The Walt Disney Co.
Disney Art
Additions
Preferred
Gallery
Animation Art Gallery • Cartoon Collectibles
Westchester Square 550 Forest Avenue, Plymouth • (3131455-0190
POTTERY ♦ PAINTINGS ♦ JEWELRY ♦ FURNITURE
UNIQUE ACCESSORIES FOR THE HOME
"\AIESA ARTS
GALLERY COLLECTION
32800 FRANKLIN ROAD ♦ FRANKLIN,MI 48025
TUESDAY - FRIDAY 10 A.M. - 5 P.M.
SATURDAY: 11 A.M. - 5 P.M.
(810) 851-9949
Artistic Chairs
For any occasion...
WhimsicalNand Completely
Functional. HandIrnade chairs.
29203 Northwestern Hwy.
Southfield
92
(810) 356-5454
104.
Advertise in our new
Entertainment Section!
(810) 354-6060
THE JEW& NEWS
FRANK PROVENZANO SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS
Perhaps on a more substantial
ecause of Andy Warhol, Mr. Forester said the Warhol ex-
few Americans would hibit is the initial project in the level, Mr. Warhol's work reflects
claim that a soup can is association's attempt to raise the the binding imagery of a celebri-
just a tin filled with high- public profile of the plaza while ty-obsessed society. From Judy
sodium liquid and overly pre- assisting local nonprofit organi- Garland and James Dean, to
Marilyn Monroe and Mick Jag-
zations.
served ingredients.
The exhibit has been loaned ger, the spatial layering of the
Mr. Warhol's famous 1962
painting of Campbell's soup cans partially from the Ronald Feld- frozen portraits captures the in-
ushered in the movement of pop man Gallery in New York City. difference to traditional values.
Along with Roy Lichtenstein, In many ways, his work reflects
art, a style of artistic expression
immediately understandable in James Rosenquist and Jasper a Rorschach pattern of pop cul-
contrast to the high-brow ab- Johns, Mr. Warhol transformed ture.
Like many visionary artists,
stract expressionism of the 1950s. contemporary art into the realm
Today, his observations are ac- of everyday myths. Arguably, no Mr. Warhol foresaw how the
cepted as truism. And his claim other American artist has had dominance of consumers and a
that "everyone would be famous a greater role in transforming the market economy would influ-
for 15 minutes" seems a harbin- icons of consumerism and pop- ence broader social values. For
ger for the mass catharsis of pop ular culture into the subject of those unconvinced of his contri-
bution, just note that movies of
culture. After all, Mr. Warhol is art.
well into his second hour of
fame. His art is widely con-
sidered symbolic of the
American consumerism cul-
ture.
It's no wonder. For Mr.
Warhol, art should be se-
lected as easily as choosing
a suit off a rack, or an en-
tree from a menu. And,
of course, at times, as
mundane as picking out
your favorite Campbell's
soup.
That's why it's all too ap-
propriate for 32 pieces
of Mr. Warhol's work to
appear in seven stores
and one restaurant in
the Bloomfield Plaza, lo-
cated at the corner of
Maple and Telegraph
roads. "Business," Mr.
Warhol explained, "is the
best art." •
The most expansive
Andy Warhol exhibit to ar-
rive in metro Detroit is be-
ing shown through Nov. 5.
Included in Mr. Warhol's
work from 1980 to 1985 —
two years before his death
— is the "Ten Portraits of
Jews" series.
"We think it's cutting
edge to bring Warhol to a
place where people can see
his art in a comfortable set-
ting," said Randy Forester, Part of the exhibit remembers a set of famous brothers, minus Karl.
spokesman for the Bloom-
Ultimately, Mr. Warhol's the week are pulled from the
field Plaza Merchants Associa-
work has been viewed as an ode most horrific headlines, and talk
tion.
The notion of a store, not a mu- to capitalism. Although philo- shows have become the conduit
seum or traditional art gallery, sophically devoid, his creations to a community of freaks, geeks
as a "comfortable" setting would often reflect the dominant myths and exhibitionists. Is there any
have probably brought a smile to of a society where advertising doubt, that if Mr. Warhol were
Mr. Warhol's famously placid and celebrity has been elevated alive, O.J. Simpson would be his
to art. His subjects include the latest work?
countenance.
In style, manner and appear-
Recently, the association held defining images of pop culture:
a fund-raiser for the Birming- Mickey Mouse, Superman, San- ance, Mr. Warhol was the em-
bodiment of pop art: superficial,
ham-Bloomfield -._
Art Association. ta Claus.
B
N