After Andy Warhol

An invite published on the occasion of a screening of Andy Warhol's film Chelsea Girls in Oxford, England:

• After Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987).
• Reads: "Admit one to Andy Warhol's THE CHELSEA GIRLS the 3½ hour, twin-screen version on Thursday 28 October 1971 at the Bernard Sunley Theatre, Saint Catherine's commencing at 7.15 p.m.”
• Offset printed announcement.
• This work is presented unframed.

Shot at the Chelsea Hotel, featuring Warhol superstars and New York luminaries with a soundtrack by the Velvet Underground, Chelsea Girls is emblematic of the New York underground and the avant-garde art scene at the time. The film is presented in split-screen with one side in black and white and one in color, representing the mundane activities captured in color versus the darker, sexual story told in black and white.

Andy Warhol was a leading figure in the Pop Art movement who responded to mass-media culture of the 1960s. His silkscreens of cultural and consumer icons—including Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Campbell’s Soup Cans, and Brillo Boxes—would make him one of the most famous artists of his generation. During the 1980s, Warhol collaborated with several younger artists, including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Francesco Clemente, and Keith Haring. The artist died tragically following complications from routine gall bladder surgery at the age of 58, on February 22, 1987 in New York, NY.