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• The Word of God: Jeffrey Vallance

  November 8, 2011

  The Word of God: Jeffrey Vallance Jeffrey Vallance is a California artist who creates objects, installations, performance and curatorial works. Vallance’s process is based in his interactions with institutions, communities, politicians, religions, museums and pop-culture figures. Some of his past projects have included traveling throughout Polynesia in search of the origin of the myth of[…]

  

• The Warhol Art App, Showcasing the Extensive Collection of The Warhol Museum

  October 10, 2011

  The Warhol Art app allows users to examine works of art and related ephemera in The Warhol’s collection with an in-depth view of archival materials, letters, source images, film and video clips, and audio. The Warhol Art app features a behind-the- scenes glimpse at over 50 art works spanning Warhol’s career from the 1920s to[…]

  

• The Andy Warhol Museum to Present An Installation By Joseph La Piana in Los Angeles

  September 22, 2011

  The Andy Warhol Museum is pleased to announce the presentation of Joseph La Piana’s The Los Angeles Text Project 2 in downtown Los Angeles, California. This site-specific installation is located in a warehouse at 120 South Santa Fe Avenue, the future home of Dilettante, and is curated by The Warhol Museum’s Director, Eric Shiner. The[…]

  

• Heroes & Villains: The Comic Book Art of Alex Ross and Fifteen Minutes: Homage to Andy Warhol

  September 13, 2011

  Heroes & Villains: The Comic Book Art of Alex Ross October 2, 2011 to January 8, 2012 Heroes & Villains is the first museum exhibition celebrating the artwork of Alex Ross, today’s foremost comic book artist. Ross, acclaimed for the photorealism of his work is often referred to as “the Norman Rockwell of the comics[…]

  

• Heroes & Villains: The Comic Book Art of Alex Ross and Fifteen Minutes: Homage to Andy Warhol

  September 13, 2011

  Heroes & Villains: The Comic Book Art of Alex Ross October 2, 2011 to January 8, 2012 Heroes & Villains is the first museum exhibition celebrating the artwork of Alex Ross, today’s foremost comic book artist. Ross, acclaimed for the photorealism of his work is often referred to as “the Norman Rockwell of the comics[…]

  

• The Word of God: Max Gimblett The Sound of One Hand and Pittsburgh’s Biennial: Gertrude’s/LOT

  August 31, 2011

  The Word of God: Max Gimblett The Sound of One Hand Max Gimblett’s work comes out of the Abstract Expressionist tradition of gestural painting with reverence for the process of laying down each splatter, drip, and stroke. Using diverse pigments, resins, and precious metals, Gimblett creates surfaces that are transformed through the energy of his[…]

  

• The Word of God: Helène Aylon, The Liberation of G-d and The Unmentionable

  August 6, 2011

  Helène Aylon (born 1931) is a New York based eco-feminist artist. Aylon’s career spans over four decades and she has primarily addressed biological, ecological and theological issues from a feminist perspective. Aylon refers to these decade-long subjects encompassing the 70s, 80s, and 90s respectively as Body – Earth – G-d. Her work in The […]

  

• Warhol D.I.Y. Pop App

  July 11, 2011

  The Warhol D.I.Y. Pop app allows the user to learn about Warhol’s silkscreen process and create a digital silkscreen print, by utilizing the built-in camera or a photo from the device’s library as source material. The user employs Warhol’s famed process step by step to create a personal work of art. The hands-on process includes[…]

  

• Eric C. Shiner Named Director of The Andy Warhol Museum

  July 8, 2011

  Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh today announced that Eric C. Shiner has been named director of The Andy Warhol Museum. Shiner joined the museum in 2008 as the Milton Fine Curator of Art, and he has served as acting director since January 2011. A curator, professor, writer, and translator, Shiner was an adjunct professor at The[…]

  

• The Word of God(ess): Chitra Ganesh

  June 23, 2011

  Chitra Ganesh’s artwork combines different visual languages, canons and cultures, including comic books, Bollywood cinema and iconic goddesses from Hindu folklore. Ganesh creates cross-cultural narratives about sexuality and power that sit in comic book frames where interior thoughts are revealed in bubbles or – as in her wall installations – hover in psychedelic space with[…]