Andy Warhol Museum of Modern Art

Modern art museum in Medzilaborce, Slovakia

Andy Warhol Museum of Modern Art

View of the Andy Warhol Museum of Art façade, with Andy Warhol statue (left)

Established| September 1, 1991
Location| Andy Warhola 749/26, Medzilaborce, Slovakia
Coordinates| 49°16′15″N 21°54′15″E﻿ / ﻿49.27083°N 21.90417°E﻿ / 49.27083; 21.90417
Type| Art museum
Director| Martin Cubjak
Website| muzeumaw.sk/en
View of museum in 2008 with large Campbell's Soup Cans.

The Andy Warhol Museum of Modern Art (Slovak: Múzeum Andyho Warhola Medzilaborce; Múzeum Moderného Umenia Andyho Warhola) is a biographical museum in Medzilaborce, Slovakia, dedicated to the work and family origin of the American artist Andy Warhol.[1][2]

## History and activities

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The museum was founded on September 1, 1991, as a joint initiative of John Warhola, brother of the late Andy Warhol, Dr. Michal Bycko, Fred Hughes and Vladimír Protivňák, as well as by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, in New York, and the Ministry of Culture of Slovakia.[3]

On September 9, 1991, the first 13 original works of Warhol were brought to the museum, accompanied by Jay Shriver, Warhol's assistant and a member of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. A large post office building from the Communist era was adapted to be the biographical museum. On October 5, 1991, the grand opening of the museum took place with the exhibition "Andy Warhol in the Country of His Parents", attended by John Warhol and Ladislav Snopko, the Slovak Minister of Culture. The original name of the museum, The Warhol Family Museum of Modern Art, was changed to the current name in 1996.[4][5]

Monument to Andy Warhol (2002), by Juraj Bartusz

On April 1, 2002, the Prešov Self-Governing Region joined the founding members of the museum. On November 16, 2002, a monument to Warhol, consisting in a 230 cm statue, created by Juraj Bartusz, was unveiled on the square in front of the museum.[6]

A plaque dedicated to John Warhol was unveiled to celebrate the museum's 20th anniversary, in 2011. In 2016, the Andy Warhol Museum of Modern Art celebrated its 25th anniversary, with a visit by Warhol's nephew, Donald Warhol, and his family.

## Collections

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The museum collections are divided in three parts. The first one is dedicated to Warhol's origin and family. It presents the works created by Warhol's brothers, Paul Warhola, and by his son James Warhola. Paul was an amateur artist, while James was a professional artist and illustrator.

The first part also contains documents related to Warhol's origins; documents that atest the artist's Ruthenian roots, since his mother and father, Andrew and Juliet Warhol, born Warhola, were from the village of Miková, near Stropkov, in the north-east of Slovakia, then Czechoslovakia. Among the most valuable artifacts in this exhibition is the shirt where the sons of Julia and Andrej Warhol – Paul, John and Andy – were baptized. Visitors can see Andy's personal belongings here – a camera, a cassette player, sunglasses, a prayer book and clothing. The exhibition is complemented by a document from the signature campaign for the establishment of the museum organized by Michal Cihlář and Aleš Najbrt in 1989, which was signed by many personalities of political and cultural life, such as Václav Havel and Milan Knížák, among others.[7]

The second section of the museum presents the works by Andy Warhol, that were loaned to the museum by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and also from private collections, or that are property of the museum. Visitors can perceive the conceptual idea of the exhibition in the spirit of pop art. The artworks are installed in continuity with the wallpapered walls, while acting in symbiosis forming a single visual whole.

The exhibition is conceptually designed to encompass all the artist's creative periods, including his dominant artistic themes, such as death, art for the sake of art, and portraits of famous personalities. On display there are some of his most famous works such as from the series of Campbell's Soup, Marilyn Monroe, Camouflage, etc. In total, the museum has 160 permanent artworks and artifacts by the artist. The exhibition documents all the creative periods of Warhol; most of the works exhibited where created with the silkscreen process. Among the most important paintings, there are portraits of Mick Jagger (1975), Lillian Carter (1977), Kimiko Powers (1981), Ingrid Bergman (1983), Mildred Scheel (1980), Saint Apollonia (1984), Theodore Roosevelt (1986), Hans Christian Andersen (1987), among others. Among the works dealing with communist themes are the paintings Hammer and Sickle (1976) and Red Lenin (1987).[8]

The museum's newest exhibition is called "Street art vs. Pop art". It presents the works of prominent artists who knew Warhol personally, were influenced by his work, or followed his artistic legacy, such as Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Indiana, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring.

The exhibition is complemented by poster compositions from workshops inspired by street art of Jitka Kopejtková, a Prague photographer and artist. On display there is also a graphic composition by Slovak artist Radek Repický. The exhibition is completed by the film Banksy – Exit Throught The Gift Shop, which is a probe into the lives of street artists.[9]

## Popular culture

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The museum features prominently in the documentary Absolut Warhola (2001), directed by Stanislaw Mucha [de], dedicated to Warhol's extended Slovak family.[10][unreliable source?]

## See also

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* The Andy Warhol Museum, located in Warhol's native Pittsburgh, United States.
* List of single-artist museums

## References

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1. ^ The Andy Warhol Museum of Modern Art in Medzilaborce, Slovak Galleries Council
2. ^ Andy Warhol Museum, My Art Guides
3. ^ Andy Warhol Museum of Modern Art, Lonely Planet
4. ^ Where best to remember the work of Andy Warhol, who died 25 years ago this February? Forget New York – get on the next plane to Medzilaborce., BBC Travel, 28 February 2012
5. ^ "Nowhere" was uneniable "somewhere" for Andy Warhol, The Budapest Times, 23 May 2021
6. ^ Geary, James; Stojaspal, Jan (2005). "The Rusyns". Time. Archived from the original on September 11, 2005. Retrieved May 11, 2007.
7. ^ "Nowhere" was uneniable "somewhere" for Andy Warhol, The Budapest Times, 23 May 2021
8. ^ Andy Warhol Museum of Modern Art in Medzilaborce, Severovychod Slovenska
9. ^ Andy Warhol Museum of Modern Art, Kamnavylet.sk
10. ^ "Absolut Warhola (2001)". IMDb. Retrieved 2021-06-01.

* Gruber, Ruth Ellen (1993). "Warhol Pops Up in Carpathia". The New York Times. Retrieved May 11, 2007.

## External links

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Artworks|

* 129 Die in Jet! (1962)
* Campbell's Soup Cans (1962)
* Coca-Cola (3) (1962)
* Coca-Cola (4) (1962)
* Marilyn Diptych (1962)
* Men in Her Life (1962)
* 3 Coke Bottles (1962)
* Gold Marilyn Monroe (1962)
* Green Coca-Cola Bottles (1962)
* Eight Elvises (1963)
* Colored Mona Lisa (1963)
* Ethel Scull 36 Times (1963)
* Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster) (1963)
* Green Car Crash (1963)
* Triple Elvis (1963)
* Suicide (Purple Jumping Man) (1963)
* Thirteen Most Wanted Men (1964)
* Shot Marilyns (1964)
* Race Riot (1964)
* Exploding Plastic Inevitable (1966)
* Cow Wallpaper (1966)
* Big Electric Chair (1967)
* Marilyn Monroe portfolio (1967)
* Campbell's Soup I (1968)
* Campbell's Soup Cans II (1969)
* Vote McGovern (1972)
* Ladies and Gentlemen (1975)
* Athletes (1977)
* Shadows (1978–79)
* Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century (1980)
* Crosses (1981)
* Jean-Michel Basquiat  (1982)
* Magazine and History (1983)
* Speed Skater (1983)
* Orange Prince (1984)
* Olympics (1984)
* Taxi, 45th/Broadway (1984–85)
* The Last Supper (1984–86)
* Zenith (1985)
* Portrait of Seymour H. Knox (1985)
* Reigning Queens (1985)
* Camouflage Self-Portrait (1986)
* Cars (1986)

Films|

* Sleep (1964)
* Kiss (1964)
* Eat (1964)
* Blow Job (1964)
* Batman Dracula (1964)
* Soap Opera (1964)
* Couch (1964)
* Taylor Mead's Ass (1964)
* Henry Geldzahler (1964)
* Harlot (1964)
* Screen Tests (1964–66)
* Empire (1965)
* Vinyl (1965)
* Horse (1965)
* Space (1965)
* Camp (1965)
* Poor Little Rich Girl (1965)
* Beauty No. 1 (1965)
* Beauty No. 2 (1965)
* More Milk, Yvette (1965)
* The Life of Juanita Castro (1965)
* My Hustler (1965)
* Kitchen (1966)
* Eating Too Fast (1966)
* The Velvet Underground and Nico: A Symphony of Sound (1966)
* Salvador Dalí (1966)
* Chelsea Girls (1966)
* Since (1966)
* The Andy Warhol Story (1966)
* I, a Man (1967)
* Bike Boy (1967)
* Four Stars**** (1967)
* Imitation of Christ (1967)
* Tub Girls (1967)
* The Nude Restaurant (1967)
* Lonesome Cowboys (1968)
* San Diego Surf (1968)
* Flesh (1968)
* Blue Movie (1969)
* Trash (1970)
* Women in Revolt (1971)
* Heat (1972)
* L'Amour (1972)
* Flesh for Frankenstein (1973)
* Blood for Dracula (1974)
* Bad (1977)

Books|

* 25 Cats Name Sam and One Blue Pussy (1954)
* a, A Novel (1968)
* Blue Movie (1970)
* The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (1975)
* Exposures (1979)
* POPism: The Warhol '60s (1980)
* The Andy Warhol Diaries (1989)

Media|

* Andy Warhol's Pork (1971)
* Interview
* You Are the One (1985)
* Andy Warhol's Fifteen Minutes (1985–87)
* "Misfit" (1986)

Museums|

* The Andy Warhol Museum (Pittsburgh)
* Andy Warhol Museum of Modern Art (Medzilaborce)

Depictions|

* "Andy Warhol" (1971)
* Dos Cabezas (1982)
* Andy Mouse (1986)
* Songs for Drella (1990)
* Basquiat (1996)
* I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)
* Factory Girl (2006)
* Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film (2006)
* Warhol (2020)
* The Andy Warhol Diaries (2022)

Family|

* Julia Warhola (mother)
* John Warhola (brother)
* James Warhola (nephew)
* Jed Johnson (partner)
* Archie (pet dog)

Related|

* The Factory
* Factory Additions
* The Druds
* The Velvet Underground
* Warhol Superstars
* New Andy Warhol Garrick Theatre
* 55th Street Playhouse
* Eothen
* Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board
* The Autobiography and Sex Life of Andy Warhol (1971)
* Absolut Warhola  (2001)
* Brillo Box (3 ¢ Off) (2016)
* Andy Warhol Bridge
* "15 minutes of fame"

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* ISNI
* VIAF

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* United States
* France
* BnF data
* Czech Republic

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