Exhibition dates: 30th January – 24th May 2009
Andy Warhol
Self portrait
1979
Polaroid
Polaroids and Portraits presents a selection of the 152 photographs that the Krannert Art Museum graciously received from the Andy Warhol Photographic Legacy Program. Established in 2007 to commemorate the Warhol Foundation’s twentieth anniversary, the Legacy Program gifted over 28,500 original photographs to 183 college and university museums and galleries across the country with the hope of enabling wider access to these more seldom seen works. This exhibition displays both Polaroid and silver gelatin portraits of celebrities, socialites, and unknowns, all photographed with varying degrees of wit, humour, and intimacy. These photographs complicate our notion of the artist’s persona as wholly immersed in this world of glamour, presenting Warhol as not only a prolific photographer, but a man grappling with his own identity as a famous artist.
Text from the Krannert Art Museum website
Andy Warhol
Liza Minnelli
1977
Polaroid
Andy Warhol
Jean-Michel Basquiat
1982
Polaroid
Andy Warhol
Princess Caroline of Monaco
1981
Polaroid
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