Exhibitions
Screen Test
Andy Warhol exhibition curated by Andrés Hispano
Dents de Serra – Roca Umbert Fàbrica de les Arts
Carrer d’Enric Prat de la Riba, 77, 08401 Granollers, Barcelona
From October 19 to November 26
Timetable
| Friday | 17:30-20:00 |
| Saturday | 11:00–14:00 and 17:30-20:00 |
| Sunday | 11:00–14:00 |
In 1963, American artist Andy Warhol acquired a 16mm Bolex camera and opened a new dimension in his successful career. Among his film productions are the Screen Tests, portraits filmed between 1964 and 1966 that document theentourage of Warhol, the people around his legendary studio, known as the Factory. Warhol dedicated an entire reel to each portrait, about three and a half minutes, during which he asked the model not to move, creating an obvious contradiction between the still image and the moving image. He then projected these films at a slower speed, which pronounced this effect.
Andy Warhol, Edie Sedgwick [ST308], 196516mm film, black-and-white, silent, 4.6 minutes at 16 frames per second © The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA, a museum of Carnegie Institute. All rights reserved. Film still courtesy The Andy Warhol Museum
Andy Warhol
Andrew Warhola, better known as Andy Warhol, was born Aug. 6, 1928, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and died Feb. 22, 1987, in New York.
He was an American painter and a central figure in the movement known as Pop Art. After a successful career as a commercial illustrator, Warhol became famous worldwide for his work as a painter, filmmaker, music producer, writer and sculptor. He was an important public figure, known for his membership in very diverse social circles that ranged from street-living bohemians to distinguished intellectuals, Hollywood celebrities, wealthy people and aristocrats.
Warhol used different media to create his works, such as hand drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, screen printing, sculpture, film and music. The Andy Warhol Museum in his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, holds an extensive permanent collection of art and is the largest museum in the United States dedicated to a single artist.
Warhol’s work, despite multiple mixed reviews, has been the subject of numerous exhibitions, books, and films since his death. In general, Warhol is recognized as one of the most famous artists of the twentieth century, so he achieved much more than what had been his great dream: “to be famous for 15 minutes”.
Andrés Hispano
Andrés Hispano
BBAA, Barcelona.
He exhibits, writes and works around visual culture.
He is a professor at the LCI School of Design, Barcelona.
He directed the programme Boing Boing Buddha on BTV, and co-directed the programmes Baja Fidelidad (XTVL) and Soy Cámara (CCCB/TVE).
He collaborated in the Cultura/s supplement of La Vanguardia (2002/2014) of which he was a member of the advisory committee. He wrote David Lynch, Claroscuro americano (Glénat, 1998).
He curated That’s Not Entertainment! and Global Screen (CCCB), The King of the House (Virreina) and Erwin Wurm, One Minute Forever (Roca Umbert) among other exhibitions.