Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
2626 Bancroft Way
510.642.0808
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Andy Warhol: Frau Buch, 12/1980
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Jan 27 – May 20
Wednesdays–Sundays (11am–5pm)
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$7 - 10 / FREE for members
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“Everyone who was anyone posed for one of Andy Warhol's famous Polaroid series. It wasn't just the hope of your little photo being immortalized as a kitschy, polychromatic silkscreen. To mug momentarily in front of Andy's Big Shot camera meant you were a big shot, crowned by Andy's fixation with "high society." A selection of Andy's Polaroids are currently on view at the Berkeley Art Museum through May 20th. The Andy Warhol: Polaroids / MATRIX 240 series is a mishmash of celebrities du jour. Meet foreign princesses, trendy singers, famous jocks and other fancy folk in various degree of recognizably, depending on your age group. Take a gander at the Warhol stash. Have you seen these people… before?”
Marina Galperina, Flavorpill
From 1970 to 1987 Andy Warhol took scores of Polaroid and black-and-white photographs, the vast majority of which were never seen by the public. These images often served as the basis for his commissioned portraits, silk-screen paintings, drawings, and prints.
