Andy Warhol. Pop Art & Textiles

In Biella Andy Warhol is revealed in a new and surprising guise. The exhibition Andy Warhol. Pop Art & Textilesset up between the historical venues of Gromo Losa Palace e Ferrero Palace, presents over 200 works that bring into dialogue the iconic Pop Art of the American artist with his lesser-known but fundamental activity in the textile design. For the first time in Italy, thanks to the collaboration with the Fashion and Textile Museum in London, the public will be able to admire original clothes, fabrics and designs which testify to Warhol's creative debut as an illustrator and graphic designer.

The exhibition is divided into two sections: a Gromo Losa Palacecurated by Vincenzo Sanfo e Alberto Rossettian overview of the artist's visual universe with the famous serigraphs of Marilyn, Mao, Campbell's Soup, the Polaroid, the discography covers and collaborations with Basquiat, Keith Haring, Jeff Koons and others. A special room also celebrates the connection between Warhol and Italy, with works such as the Vesuvius of the Intesa Sanpaolo collection.

A Ferrero PalaceInstead, the exhibition focuses on the textile dimensionan exceptional body of work from London explores Warhol's soul illustrator and experimenterwith vintage garments, fabrics from the 1950s and 1960s and graphic sketches. The experience is enriched by the immersive reconstruction of the Silver Factory, the legendary New York studio, beating heart of pop culture and meeting point for 20th century legends such as Lou Reed, Mick Jagger e Salvador Dali.

The exhibition is a tribute to the encounter between contemporary art e textile traditiona perfect match for Biella, UNESCO Creative Citywhich thus celebrates its own productive and cultural identity through a revolutionary figure. The exhibition is an invitation to explore seriality, repetition and the role of theimage in the modern erain a journey that is as much aesthetic as it is conceptual.

Photo Credit: © Marilyn by Sunday B. Morning after Andy Warhol

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