Press Release Upcoming Public Programs at The Andy Warhol Museum

EXHIBITIONS

Factory Direct: Pittsburgh

June 24 – September 9, 2012

Factory Direct: Pittsburgh showcases the artwork of 14 established contemporary artists invited to conduct artist residencies in Pittsburgh-based factories. Factory Direct artists will work closely with the management teams and factory workers within their host facilities to plan and execute a new work of art based on the factory’s history, technologies, materials, and/or processes. Factory Direct: Pittsburgh artists are Chakaia Booker, Dee Briggs, Thorsten Brinkmann, Jeanette Doyle, Todd Eberle, Fabrizio Gerbino, Ann Hamilton, William Earl Kofmehl, Ryan McGinness, Mark Neville, Sarah Oppenheimer, Edgar Orlaineta, ORLAN, and Tomoko Sawada. Participating factories include Ansaldo, Bayer, Body Media, Construction Junction, Forms and Surfaces, Robotics Institute, and TAKTL.

This exhibition is made possible through the generous support of: The Heinz Endowments
The Fine Foundation
Schneider Downs

Culture Ireland

Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen e. V.

The Japan Foundation

This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Donald Moffett: The Extravagant Vein

June 23 – September 9, 2012

Donald Moffett: The Extravagant Vein, is the first comprehensive survey of Donald Moffett’s investigations into art history, paint, and form, provides the breadth and range of the artist’s practice over the past 20 years. As a painter, Moffett extends the traditional two-dimensional frame, converting the ordinariness of the flat plane into highly textured relief works. These signature oil paintings are illuminated by incorporating video projections onto the canvas. The subject matter of his paintings range from landscape and nature to politics and history. Moffett uses his power as an artist to critique the world at large. As a founding member of Gran Fury, the artistic arm of the activist group ACT UP, Moffett has remained engaged with issues surrounding the presence of gays in historical and contemporary culture. Moffett also incorporates sound and light in his work, sometimes as stand alone projects and at other times in conjunction with his paintings.

Donald Moffett: The Extravagant Vein is organized by Senior Curator Valerie Cassel Oliver of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. The exhibition has been made possible by a generous grant from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. A catalog accompanies the exhibition and is available at The Warhol Store.

Sponsored by: PPG Industries Foundation

Fall EXHIBITIONS

Warhol Headlines

October 14, 2012 – January 6, 2013

Deborah Kass: Before and Happily Ever After

October 27, 2012 – January 6, 2013

Jeremy Kost: Friends with Benefits

December 2, 2012 – March 3, 2013

EVENTS

Artist Talk with Mark Neville

Factory Direct: Pittsburgh

Friday, June 15, 2012
6 p.m.
British artist Mark Neville is one of 14 international artists participating in The Warhol’s upcoming exhibition, Factory Direct: Pittsburgh. In a rare talk, Neville will present his ideas for the new commissioned work, and discuss these in relation to his practice in general. The photographic works have consistently looked to subvert the traditional role of social documentary practice, seeking to find new ways to empower the position of its subject over that of the author. Often working with closely knit working communities, in a collaborative process intended to be of direct, practical benefit to the subject, his photographic projects to date have frequently made the towns he portrays the primary audience for the work. For the first time Neville will screen excerpts from the films he made there. He will talk about this work together with previous projects, such as ‘The Port Glasgow Book Project’, and discuss how these have informed his practice and ideas for Factory Direct.

http://www.markneville.co.uk/
Free with Museum admission/ Free for Members; visit www.warhol.org or call 412- 237-8300

Members Only Preview: Donald Moffett: The Extravagant Vein
Friday, June 22, 2012
6 – 8 p.m.
7 p.m. – Discussion with Donald Moffett and Melissa Ragona, Associate Professor of Visual Culture and Critical Theory, School of Art, Carnegie Mellon University

Warhol theater

Donald Moffett: The Extravagant Vein, is the first comprehensive survey of Donald Moffett’s investigations into art history, paint, and form, provides the breadth and range of the artist’s practice over the past 20 years. As a painter, Moffett extends the traditional two-dimensional frame, converting the ordinariness of the flat plane into highly textured relief works. These signature oil paintings are illuminated by incorporating video projections onto the canvas. The subject matter of his paintings range from landscape and nature to politics and history. Moffett uses his power as an artist to critique the world at large. As a founding member of Gran Fury, the artistic arm of the activist group ACT UP, Moffett has remained engaged with issues surrounding the presence of gays in historical and contemporary culture. Moffett also incorporates sound and light in his work, sometimes as stand alone projects and at other times in conjunction with his paintings.

Free for members; visit www.warhol.org or call 412-237-8300.

Factory Direct Artist Panel

Sunday, June 24, 2012
3 p.m.
Warhol theater

Join Eric Shiner, Director of The Warhol, and several of the artists involved in the Factory Direct: Pittsburgh exhibition in a discussion about their work and the unique experience of working with the participating factories in Pittsburgh. Reception to follow in entrance gallery with cash bar.

Free with Museum admission/ Free for Members; visit www.warhol.org or call 412- 237-8300

The Warhol: movies Community Action Center (2010) with Directors A.K. Burns and A.L. Steiner In Person
Friday, July 27, 2012
8 p.m.

Community Action Center incorporates the erotics of a community where the personal is not only political, but sexual. This project was heavily inspired by 1970’s porn-romance-liberation films which served as distinct portraits of the urban inhabitants, landscapes and the body politic of a particular time and place. Community Action Center is a unique contemporary womyn-centric composition that serves as both an ode and a hole-filler. Sex, sexuality and the complexities of gendered bodies are inherently political. This project is a small archive of an intergenerational community built on collaboration, friendship, sex and art. The work attempts to explore a consideration of feminist fashion, sexual aesthetics and an expansive view of what is defined as ‘sex’. Directors Burns and Steiner worked with artists and performers who created infinitely complex gender and performance roles that are both real and fantastical.

WARNING: This film contains explicit sexual content. FOR ADULTS ONLY. Tickets $15; visit www.warhol.org or call 412-237-8300

ONGOING PROGRAMS

GOOD FRIDAYS
Every Friday, 5 – 10 p.m.
Half-Price Admission and cash bar
For a more social experience, the Museum is open late with a cash bar in the entrance gallery and special half-price regular Museum admission. Many Good Fridays also feature special programs including music, film, performances, and more. Be sure to check our online calendar for specific weekly special programming (additional ticket pricing may apply).

The Factory (Underground Studio)
Weekdays, 2 -5 p.m., Weekends, 12 – 4 p.m.
Free with Museum admission
The Factory is a lively studio program where Museum visitors can create art alongside artist/educators while exploring Warhol’s artistic practice. It’s a collaborative environment where visitors investigate ideas about art and culture while working alongside artist/educators, staff and volunteers.

Weekday Gallery Talks
Weekdays, 11 a.m. & 1 p.m.
Experience a range of topics including Warhol’s work practices and more. Subjects vary depending on current exhibitions and guest speaker. Guest speakers include curators, artist educators, and more. These 30 minute talks include time for visitors to present their own perspectives and questions.

Daily Films
Weekdays, 12:30 p.m.; Weekends; 12:30 p.m. & 3p.m.
Warhol’s film and video works screened in our theater.