Tag: Andy Warhol

September 5, 2023

Jean-Michel Basquiat, Kenji Nakayama, Sunday B Morning, Richard Hambleton, CRASH, and Andy Warhol

Famous Faces

Group Exhibition

September – November 2023

Woodward Gallery

Undoubtedly, Autumn is the best time to reflect upon the past. As we look back this Fall season, Woodward Gallery’s latest exhibition, Famous Faces, features the portraits of iconic individuals who influenced American culture. On display are the memorable countenances of Marilyn Monroe, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Dick Tracy, Richard Hambleton, Albert Einstein, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Pablo Picasso, which honor the unmatched creativity of both the subjects of each work of art and the talented artists who depict them. Prior to the modern, instantaneous era of social media, these figures impacted the world by challenging the unsolvable questions of their times and pioneering their individual fields of work for the better.

Human connection is often made through eye contact. Andy Warhol’s extraordinary portrait of Pablo Picasso is featured in this exhibition, for all to engage with. Find yourself face-to-face with these fabulous portraits at the Woodward Gallery windows, from September to October 2023, or online, through our virtual exhibition room on Artsy and our official gallery website, WoodwardGallery.net.

November 20, 2019

SEDECIM XVI
Group Exhibition

November 22, 2019 – January 24, 2020
Presented by Woodward Gallery at the
Down Town Association, 60 Pine Street, NYC
Opening Reception: December 6th from 6-8pm

Featuring: Willem de Kooning, Natalie Edgar, Richard Estes, Paul Gauguin, Richard Hambleton, Keith Haring, David Hockney, Robert Indiana, Franz Kline, Roy Lichtenstein, Margaret Morrison, Kenji Nakayama, Terence Netter, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, Andy Warhol


Woodward Gallery presents Sedecim, a group exhibition of sixteen distinctive artists. Each artist harnesses the power of the materials and ideals of their time to challenge the conventional wisdom of art.


A 1967 painting by Willem de Kooning elevates waves of color to an abstract mountain ridge while Natalie Edgar deftly employs negative space with color to take the viewer on her abstract journey. Original works on paper by Franz Kline confidently show action and movement with little color or discernible forms. British Artist David Hockney’s series from the Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm invites the imagination to roam freely. A former Jesuit priest Terence Netter paints minimalist landscapes in an offering of serenity.Conceptual Artist Richard Hambleton is known for his energetically painted black figures jumping, running, lurking on urban walls around the world. His Shadowman, painted permanently on canvas, stands with confidence in order to evoke our reaction. Paul Gauguin contrasts darkness with the rawness of a primitive style in his woodblock prints. The cartoon icons of Keith Haring simply announce his pop culture message. Robert Indiana emphasizes his important message of L-O-V-E and H-O-P-E in capital letters, arranged in a square with a tilted letter “O”. Pop art cartoon figures and text are combined in parody in Roy Lichtenstein’s work.Richard Estes creates and masterfully renders photorealist cityscapes. Margaret Morrison tantalizes us with her realist oil paintings of decadent Italian beverages. James Rosenquist adapts the visual language of advertising and pop culture to the context of fine art. Andy Warhol in his pre-pop work creates a whimsical series of society recipes catering more to the artistic than the culinary — more to expressionism than to realism. Warhol’s early ink drawings are rendered in clean lines displaying his exceptional draftsmanship of figures. Kenji Nakayama unites organic flora and urban scenes in precise multi-layered stencils using spray paint. Robert Rauschenberg’s use of solvent transfer, collage and silkscreen are previously used only in the commercial process.


Together these sixteen artists represent over one hundred years of art inspiring and transcending their genres. Woodward Gallery is available online (WoodwardGallery.net), always through the Gallery’s street-level windows, and by private appointment.


Selected Press
WIDEWALLS, Sixteen Artists Spanning Centuries Take Over Woodward Gallery, November 2019
Wall Street International Magazine, Sedecim, December 2019

July 30, 2016



Group Exhibition
September 10 – October 28, 2016
Woodward Gallery

The Fall Art Season opens as if nature has been saving up all year for its grand finale. For the first time at Woodward Gallery, a group exhibition is presented in salon format featuring 61 artists and 129 works of art!


An environment of art styles and mediums engulf the gallery walls offering quality, variety and substance for the collector who yearns to feel inspired. The array of Artists makes for a breathtaking visual spectacle.


This NYC Salon is accessible to beginning collectors and art connoisseurs alike.


Artists: Michael Alan, Royce Bannon, Rick Begneaud, David Bishop, Jonathan Borofsky, Susan Breen, Brock, Thomas Buildmore, El Celso, Patrick Christie, Deborah Claxton, Crash, Allan D’Arcangelo, Darkcloud, Jim Dine, Annette Davidek, Marisol Escobar, Natalie Edgar, Tommy Flynn, BK FOXX, Sybil Gibson, Richard Hambleton, Keith Haring, Sarah Hauser, Hiro Ichikawa, Robert Indiana, Infinity, Jean Kigel, Franz Kline, Walt Kuhn, LAII, Sol Lewitt, Roy Lichenstein, Bill Martin, Knox Martin, Mark Mastroianni, Moody, Margaret Morrison, Malcolm Morley, Kenji Nakayama, Terence Netter, Roy Newell, Hank O’Neal, Claes Oldenburg, Louise Peabody, Jaggu Prasad, Mel Ramos, Ad Reinhardt, JMR/ JM Rizzi, Brad Robson, Maura Robinson, James Rosenquist, Jessica Hurley Scott, Matt Siren, stikman, Swoon, Francesco Tumbiolo, Jo Ellen Van Ouwerkerk, Nina Venus, Andy Warhol, and Charles Yoder.

September 12, 2015



September 12 – October 24, 2015
Woodward Gallery

This survey will recall past trends, exhibition themes and current inspirations by the Artists Woodward Gallery has featured throughout its decades long history. These Artists have all been exhibited at some time since 1994 reflecting the variety of the Gallery’s collection:


Peter Apelgren,

Jean Michel Basquiat,

Susan Breen,

Michael Brodeur,

El Celso,

Deborah Claxton,

Gregory Corn,

Alan D’Arcangelo,

Darkcloud,

Natalie Edgar,

Marisol Escobar,

Fab 5 Freddy,

Paul Gauguin,

Red Grooms,

Tom Hall,

Richard Hambleton,

Keith Haring,

Sarah Hauser,

Hiro Ichikawa,

Robert Indiana,

Jasper Johns,

Donald Judd,

Janice Johnson,

Franz Kline,

LAII,

Roy Lichtenstein,

Mark Mastroianni,

Knox Martin,

Moody,

Margaret Morrison,

Robbin Murphy,

Kenji Nakayama,

Neckface,

Terence Netter,

Don Nice,

Francis Picabia,

Jaggu Prasad,

Ad Reinhardt,

Drew Roth,

David Salle,

Matt Siren,

Frank Stella,

stikman,

Ellinor Ströström,

Philip Taaffe,

Francesco Tumbiolo,

Andy Warhol,

Charles Yoder,

“Charting Ground Zero”

January 4, 2014

Group Show
January 4 – February 22, 2014
Woodward Gallery

Woodward Gallery launches their 20TH Anniversary Year with the group exhibition Sur-Real.
The exhibition title emphasizes each part of the word surreal to give us pause to search for the fantasy in each featured artist’s imagination. With broad strokes or subtle detail, new visions for what seem possible are evoked.


The individual artists step outside of the fundamental world of life and enter another dimension of the creative process. They work in fine contemporary painting, street art backgrounds, paper collage and screenprinting techniques, yet release the creative potential of their unconscious mind. Their work liberates our existence with insight into a new artistic reality.


The selected Artists: Jean-Michel Basquiat, Thomas Buildmore, Deborah Claxton, Sybil Gibson, Richard Hambleton, Kosbe, David Larson, Mark Mastroianni, Margaret Morrison, NoseGo, Kenji Nakayama, Dennis Oppenheim, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, stikman, Jeremy Szopinski, Francesco Tumbiolo, Jo Ellen Van Ouwerkerk, Cristina Vergano, Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and Andy Warhol are an influential force reinterpreting our conventional thoughts and expressions.

January 5, 2008



Diamond Dust & Shadows
January 5 – February 23, 2008
Woodward Gallery

Woodward Gallery is proud to present Andy Warhol: Diamond Dust & Shadows, the complete 1979 diamond dust edition. A special, historical exhibition of Warhol’s entire diamond dust Shadow print series will be exhibited together at Woodward Gallery’s LES location. While the winter months offer a dull, gray affect on the city, Warhol’s brilliant, glittering bold colors and curiously darkened shapes on paper will be on view for the public to escape to. This grouping is the only one of its kind in the world!


In the beginning of his career, Andy Warhol moved away from the abstract art of the time to create art from images of popular culture. Ironically, in the final decade of his life, Warhol became preoccupied by abstractions.


In 1979, Warhol embarked on a journey to isolate images cast by shadows. With his studio assistant Ronnie Cutrone, Warhol took photographs of shadows generated by maquettes devised for the sole purpose of creating abstract forms.


Warhol used these shadow images to develop a silkscreen print series designated in five parts. There are twenty-two prints which comprise one complete Shadow series. Each 43 x 30 1/2 inch screenprint is unique in color and degree of diamond dust application. Each part of the Shadow series I-V was produced in small editions that were numbered and signed. Warhol also completed paintings of this subject.


Reacting to the paintings in 1998, The New York Times art critic, Roberta Smith wrote that the “…Shadows displayed together have a cinematic effect reading as repeated outtakes from one or two of Franz Kline’s big beamed abstractions…Shadows still retain some resonance characteristic of Warhol’s icons of Liz, Marilyn or Elvis…they convey a similar combination of glamour and remoteness that triggers fantasy and the desire for something that can’t be possessed or known.”


Although the work is void of recognizable forms, it is as full of imagery as any other Warhol project. In 2000, art critic Richard Kalima wrote about Warhol’s Shadows suggesting that they remind one of film frames, he said, “…which after all, cast a kind of shadow in projection.”
The complete Shadow print series was organized and premiered in July 2004 at Woodward Gallery’s original SoHo location, NYC in association with The Malloy Family Foundation. The Shadows exhibition travelled throughout the United States at venues such as the Quincy Art Center, Illinois and The Lemmerman Gallery at New Jersey City University, New Jersey. Woodward Gallery will present the Andy Warhol: Diamond Dust & Shadows complete series now for the final time before offering art institutions an opportunity to acquire this great body of abstract work.

November 10, 2007

Fabulous Fifties
November 10 – December 29, 2007
Woodward Gallery


Woodward Gallery is proud to present Andy Warhol: The Fabulous Fifties – a rare perspective of the artist’s genuine illustrations on paper from a half a century ago. Woodward Gallery has gathered many rare, intimate examples of this historic period to challenge even the most Warhol savvy observer to reflect and astonish over the time before Warhol’s POP success. To better understand Warhol, and his growth as a fine artist, one needs to consider his history and the evolution of his early work.


Warhol enrolled in The Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1945 from his humble home in McKeesport, Pennsylvania where he would leave his Czechoslovakian mother, his two brothers and his father to begin a life in the arts. He met Philip Perlstein and Dorothy Kantor (who later became Perlstein’s wife), Arthur Elias, and a painter in his mid thirties, John Regan. Although Warhol was an outcast in his immigrant ghetto neighborhood, this new group quickly became roommates and friends. They would invite other friends who performed in a chamber orchestra to play at their parties, and when they went out they attended highly cultural events and performances.


In college, Andy was working out a style based on Ben Shahn, Paul Klee and Alexander Calder. His friends remembered him to be innately talented. He graduated from Carnegie in 1949 and moved to New York.


Warhol came into his own in NYC in the ‘50’s. He enjoyed a fabulous time at what was the upbeat period for New York artists, writers, theater directors, and actors who were seen as popular, heroic figures. He accepted commercial work immediately at Glamour magazine and Harper’s Bazaar. Warhol moved out of the apartment with Perlstein and into a duplex apartment with his mother at Lexington Avenue and Thirty-third Street. Warhol dramatically increased his earnings and accepted more design work than he could possibly handle by hiring assistants to complete his assignments – a revolutionary concept for the design world. Warhol drew anything and everything with equal ease. He was always out looking for more work and never seemed disinterested or unsure of how he would create those ads.


He made Christmas Cards and stationery for Bergdorf’s, and even window display designs for Bonwit Teller and Tiffany. In 1955, he became the regular shoe illustrator for The New York Times. He won award after award for his graphic artwork. By 1957, he was as celebrated as a commercial artist could be! He did not neglect his interest in celebrity and fine art projects. Being infatuated with celebrity, in 1952, he had his first show of drawings based on Truman Capote’s stories. He even drew Central Park from Capote’s apartment building. Warhol received praise and affection for his work. He was hopeful that famous people would want to meet him by becoming well known himself.


Warhol’s commercial art mailing list included art directors and society people. To secure his position as the highly sought after New York illustrator and graphic artist, Warhol gave increasingly elaborate gifts each month rather than the customary commercial greeting for Christmas. In 1953-57, he created books as gifts: 25 Cats, A la Recherche du Shoe Perdu, In the Bottom of My Garden, and The Gold Book. He would draw cherubs, beautiful young men and butterflies and had coloring parties to socialize with his commercial crowd and friends.
In 1954, Stephen Bruce started a successful café known as Serendipity with two friends. Warhol gave the rejected drawings from his commercial work to Stephen Bruce who would exhibit ten at a time in the new café set against the space’s all white walls and colorful Tiffany lamps. He named his shoe drawings after socialites and celebrities. These pictures sold out and Warhol offered new drawings for the Serendipity ongoing exhibition. He loved the place and was often seen there in the late afternoon before the magazine editors, art directors, and theater people would flock into the café and admire his work.


In 1957, Warhol met Suzie Frankfurt, the then wife of an important advertising executive. Together they created text and imagery for the Wild Raspberries book which was bound by some downtown rabbis and sold at Bloomingdale’s. Warhol even added gold leaf, collage and vibrant color to make the limited, hand-made series more compelling.


By 1959, he had achieved such success as a graphic illustrator that Warhol ambitiously wanted to move into fine art and conquer it as well. He said, “I want to be Matisse!” Perhaps predestined to gain the kind of recognition and respect of a serious, fine artist.


Features

Dame Magazine Article

January 1, 2007

Andy Warhol
Winter Warhol
Winter 2006
Woodward Gallery

Woodward Gallery is delighted to open the new year with a variety of unique works and edition screenprints by Andy Warhol spanning the 1950’s – 1980’s. The exhibition will run throughout the winter months of January and February.

The works on paper comprise a Warhol retrospective detailing the popular culture of the period. Many pieces have never before been exhibited. There is a unique 1979 diamond dust Georgia O’Keeffe print which forever immortalized the only visit Warhol had with the female American icon. A 1978 Electric Chair image from Warhol’s own sketchbook premieres as the impulse which furthered the edition print series and canvases of the same theme. His early 1950’s graphic designs are featured here as original hand-colored menus and wrapping paper.

Warhol’s recognizable 1960’s Campbell’s Soup Cans are present as well, but Director John Woodward chose to display a vintage Campbell’s Soup Shopping Bag and Souper Dress to elaborate on the prolific projects Warhol and Campbell’s Soup collaborated on together.
You will see gorgeous women at Woodward’s Winter Warhol exhibition! The smoldering Marilyn Monroe, a smiling Jacqueline Kennedy, and a unique Ingrid Bergman continue to burn an indelible image of beauty on the public consciousness. Winter Warhol is sure to add excitement and color to an otherwise cold and dark season.

June 21, 2004



Summer Shadows
June 21 – July 29, 2004
Woodward Gallery

Woodward Gallery is proud to premiere Andy Warhol: Shadows I-V, the complete 1979 diamond dust edition- opening on the first day of Summer, 2004. A special, historical exhibition of Warhol’s entire diamond dust Shadow print series will be exhibited together for the very first time. Woodward Gallery will sizzle this summer with Warhol’s glittering bold colors and curiously darkened shapes.


In the beginning of his career, Andy Warhol moved away from the abstract art of the time to create art from images of popular culture. Ironically, in the final decade of his life, Warhol became preoccupied by abstractions.


In 1979, Warhol embarked on a journey to isolate images cast by shadows. With his studio assistant Ronnie Cutrone, Warhol took photographs of shadows generated by maquettes devised for the sole purpose of creating abstract forms.


Warhol used these shadow images to develop a silkscreen print series designated in five parts. There are twenty-two prints which comprise one complete Shadow series. Each 43 x 301/2 inch screenprint is unique in color and degree of diamond dust application. Each part of the Shadow series I-V was produced in small editions that were numbered and signed. Warhol also completed paintings of this subject.


Reacting to the paintings in 1998, The New York Times art critic, Roberta Smith wrote that the “…Shadows displayed together have a cinematic effect reading as repeated outtakes from one or two of Franz Kline’s big beamed abstractions….Shadows still retain some
resonance characteristic of Warhol’s icons of Liz, Marilyn or Elvis….they convey a similar combination of glamour and remoteness that triggers fantasy and the desire for something that can’t be possessed or known.”


Although the work is void of recognizable forms, it is as full of imagery as any other Warhol project. In 2000, art critic Richard Kalima wrote about Warhol’s Shadows suggesting that they remind one of film frames, he said, “…which afterall, cast a kind of shadow in projection.”
The complete Shadow print series is organized and premiered through July 2004 at Woodward Gallery, NYC in association with The Malloy Family Foundation. The Shadows exhibition will continue to tour this Fall traveling to the Quincy Art Center, Illinois; and to The Lemmerman Gallery at New Jersey City University, New Jersey. In 2005, the exhibition will be presented at select locations throughout the USA courtesy of Woodward Gallery.

September 12, 2002



Warhol’s Forgotten Female and Flowers
September 12 – October 26, 2002
Woodward Gallery

Woodward Gallery is proud to announce Warhol’s Forgotten Female and Flowers. This critical exhibition of relatively unknown screenprints emphasizes Andy Warhol’s attraction to female subjects and floral icons.


Twenty years ago Warhol created this body of unique and limited edition works on paper as a response to natural beauty. The aesthetic discovery from an extensive proofing process for commissioned proposals led to more prints than were necessary for a given job. His approach to experimentation brought new inspirations from his existing ideas. Although not normally recognized as Warhol’s typical icons, this entire display of virtually unknown prints emphasize his intense attention to color, composition and detail.


Much of the exhibition is from his unpublished print series and due to special color and proofing changes each work is unique. For the first time ever, these forgotten female subjects and flowers are displayed harmoniously to further distinguish Warhol as one of the most important, creative contemporary forces of the 20th century.


By uniting this refreshing body of female and flowers, Woodward Gallery hopes to contribute to a new understanding of the late Warhol’s unparalleled talent.