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- Generational Exhibition Brings NFTs, Fine Art and "Phigital" Art to Charlotte -
CHARLOTTE, N.C. , Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Andy Warhol was an American artist, film director, producer and the leading figure in the visual art movement known as Pop Art. His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, advertising and celebrity culture of the 1960s and 1970s and span a variety of media, including painting, silkscreen, photography, film and sculpture. Warhol (1928-1987) inspired a host of contemporaries; among the most famous of them were Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) and Keith Haring (1958-1990). Together, these artists have inspired generations of emerging artists to push the boundaries of art.
On view September 10, 2022-January 2, 2023, the exhibition Pop to Now: Warhol and His Legacy, developed in partnership with Aktion Art, features select works by Warhol, Basquiat and Haring and follows their influence on pop culture, music, fashion and art through a mix of works on canvas, as well as unique objects and memorabilia from the heady years of the Pop Art movement to today's cultural landscape of NFTs (non-fungible tokens), digital and data-driven art.
The exhibition begins with the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art's iconic Warhol portraits of the Bechtler family, painted in 1973. Celebrating their 50th anniversary in 2023, these family portraits in the museum's collection are complemented in the exhibition by nine other portraits by the founding father of Pop Art, many of them...