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In his lifetime, the American pop artist Andy Warhol
(1928–1987) ascended to the same star status within
the art world as Edvard Munch.
Haugar’s upcoming Munch exhibition seems a
fitting opportunity to bring the work of these two
artistic giants together with a presentation of the
series of paintings, drawings and silkscreen prints
by Warhol, that were directly inspired by some of
Munch’s most famous works – The Scream, Madonna,
Self-portrait with Skeleton Arm and the portrait of
Eva Mudocci.
In late autumn 1982, a gallery in New York
organized an exhibition of over 100 works by Munch.
Warhol, who thought very highly of Munch, visited
the show several times, and was inspired to create
new and contemporary versions of Munch’s classic
images. During this period, Warhol also did several
series based on the works of the Renaissance
masters, including Leonardo da Vinci and Botticelli.
Aside from the fact that Munch’s works were, and
still are, some of the most famous artworks in the
world, Warhol may have been motivated by other
reasons as well. Despite his insistence that he was
just as superficial as his art, his choice of The Scream
and Self-portrait with Skeleton Arm suggest a more
profound consideration of the issues surrounding
anxiety and death. Both artists lost a parent when
they were young, and like Munch, Warhol was shot,
with almost fatal consequences.
The exhibition is being organized in co-operation
with Anders Bjørnsen of the Sparebank Foundation
and also includes the four original Munch prints, three
of which are kindly on loan from the Munch Museum.
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