I was really excited about this exhibition. Finally, the works of the legendary pop artist in Singapore. First learnt about Andy Warhol only at about ten years ago, and his works I saw were only in books and websites. So, twenty years after his death, we can finally get to see the real thing.
Below are the only three pictures I took, photography was strictly not allowed. Tho' I saw some people snapping away with their hand phones, and one using her SLR (perhaps she was the official photographer??). But generally there were many CCTV cameras all over the place (could be almost the same as the number of works on display), so I did not attempt to embarrass myself. Ah yes, I went along with my good friend XTT-KC.
This was the closest I got of photographing the exhibition.
I think students should all pose at the entrance, there were lotsa 'A's for grabs! I needed a few myself for my remaining semester. Okay, I know, cold joke. Brrrr..
Incidentally, XTT-KC wanted at least two A's for herself too. =p Btw, I think she was perfectly dressed for the exhibition, blended seamlessly with the colour theme of the exhibition.
The exhibition itself was in fact really disappointing. 12 x Maos, 2 x Mickey Mouse, 4 x Beethoven, 3 x Venus, 8 x Shadows, 2 x Mickey Mouse... all in all, only 21 sets of works were on showcase. There was one Liz Taylor, the same in the series which Hugh Grant recently sold for a cool US$21M. But I don't think they are in the same price range. One thing I dislike about the exhibition is that the descriptions of the works were really tiny and the colour was really light. That made reading very difficult. And I also spotted two errors. Btw, the works were all for sale. Perhaps that maybe the reason why they were more concerned about selling the works than lil' details such as the descriptions.
Among the small collection, my favourite was the "Shadows II" series, where the screenprints were scattered with diamond dust. I think they should have great resale value since people would be impress by anything with diamond. Ha ha. But I think it will be even better if you imagine those were stardust sprinkled onto them.
I came home, did my lil' version of "silkscreen painting" using XTT-KC's picture. I am not too sure whether AW will be pleased to see it...
The exhibition itself was in fact really disappointing. 12 x Maos, 2 x Mickey Mouse, 4 x Beethoven, 3 x Venus, 8 x Shadows, 2 x Mickey Mouse... all in all, only 21 sets of works were on showcase. There was one Liz Taylor, the same in the series which Hugh Grant recently sold for a cool US$21M. But I don't think they are in the same price range. One thing I dislike about the exhibition is that the descriptions of the works were really tiny and the colour was really light. That made reading very difficult. And I also spotted two errors. Btw, the works were all for sale. Perhaps that maybe the reason why they were more concerned about selling the works than lil' details such as the descriptions.
Among the small collection, my favourite was the "Shadows II" series, where the screenprints were scattered with diamond dust. I think they should have great resale value since people would be impress by anything with diamond. Ha ha. But I think it will be even better if you imagine those were stardust sprinkled onto them.
I came home, did my lil' version of "silkscreen painting" using XTT-KC's picture. I am not too sure whether AW will be pleased to see it...
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