Thursday night, November 20, Advanced Painting and a few friends had the opportunity to view the Andy Warhol: 15 Weeks of Fame exhibit at the Arkansas Arts Center. David Cateforis, associate professor at the University of Kansas, lectured on Warhol’s life and work which was enjoyable and very informative. He gave a thorough look into the context of Warhol’s work in relation to the work of other artists at the time and discussed how Pop Art came to be at all. One of my favorite bits he gave us was a look at how Warhol’s influence might be playing itself out in the work of living artists at the moment which included a slide of Ai Weiwei’s Han Dynasty Urn with Coca-Cola Logo. A wonderful piece, it remained with us and became the point of conversation on the way home.
Ai Weiwei, Han Dynasty Urn with Coca-Cola Logo, 10" X 11" X 11", painted Han Dynasty urn, 1994
Warhol’s, Green Coca-Cola Bottles, 1962
