
Thomas Crow
Warhol by the Book offers a clarifying look at the transition between Andy Warhol's first career as a successful illustrator in print media and his second, storied career as a fine artist. Thomas Crow, Rosalie Solow Professor of Modern Art & Associate Provost for the Arts, New York University's Institute of Fine Art, says it needs to be asked why Warhol would have abandoned the first for the second, when his prospects for success in the gallery world were far from assured at the point around 1960 when he decided to re-invent himself. What did he retain and what did he discard in moving from one identity to another?
The exhibition Warhol by the Book will open at 5:30 pm for program attendees.