Experience more than 50 works by Andy Warhol, this summer at Boerglum Abbey.
Hardly anyone could have predicted that the little boy Andrew Warhola, born in 1928 to a poor Slovak immigrant family in Pittsburgh, would become the 20th century's most famous artist and pop culture's most prominent icon.
However, this is how it turned out for the man who, under the name Andy Warhol, became the portraitist of celebrities, the darling of New York, the forerunner of provocative art and the most distinguished interpreter of American mass culture.
Educated in advertisement, Warhol's artistic focus throughout his life was the aesthetics of mass production,
and he quickly went from painting on canvas to printing his motifs on silk and as graphics, in order to depict mass production in both his art, and also in the mass production of the art itself.
Warhol's most famous artwork depict a can of Campbell's tomato soup, and he had this motif reproduced in large numbers.
This, and the fact that he christened his studio 'The Factory', helped to underline his fascination with the mass media, and the power and progress of advertising in the 1960s 's.
Børglum Kloster is proud to present this extensive collection of Warhol's works, which covers most elements of his motifs.
Here are depictions of superstars and drag queens, of Chanel bottles and Mickey Mouse, but here are also works with a direct connection to Denmark,
such as Queen Margrethe II and H.C. Andersen. "Andy Warhol at Børglum Kloster", is a unique opportunity to expand the understanding and knowledge of one of the greatest names in art history.
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The Exhibition shows Screen printing and posters
Opening hours:
april 1 -april 10 & april 29.-august 27.
