13 June 2010

Andy Warhol, Catholic

As a pop art pioneer, Andy Warhol blazed his way to fame with trademark Brillo soap pad boxes and silk-screens of Campbell's Soup cans.

But a new museum exhibit shows pop art was just a seven-year phase for Warhol in the 1960s, before his 1980s plunge into abstract art and Christian imagery, particularly his versions of "The Last Supper."

Flippant, brazen and flamboyant as an art world personality, Warhol long kept private his devout, lifelong Catholicism.

For the complete article from Reuters, visit:

     Reuters: Show unveils Andy Warhol's Catholic, abstract side

For more information about the exhibit, visit:

     Brooklyn Museum: Exhibitions: Andy Warhol: The Last Decade

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