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Ackland Gets Its Paws on Warhol Series
A collection of 10 prints by
Andy Warhol of endangered
species will be on exhibit
through Jan. 21,2001.
By Tiffany Fish
Staff Writer
A socially conscious collection by
pop artist Andy Warhol has found a
temporary home at the Ackland Art
Museum.
The museum opened its “Andy
Warhol: Endangered Species” exhibi
tion on Sunday, consisting of Warhol’s
depiction of various endangered species.
The brightly colored prints of the
endangered species are more than sim
ple artwork by a famous artist - they
send a message
about the impor
tance of the envi
ronment and the
need to preserve
wildlife, said Andy
Berner, assistant
director of devel
opment at the
museum.
“They are a
bridge between
“They are a bridge
between artwork and
the environment and
endangered species. ”
Andy Berner
Assistant Director at the Ackland
artwork and the environment and
endangered species,” Berner said.
The 10 prints gracing the museum’s
walls are immediately recognizable as
products of Warhol’s signature style.
Many of the animals are painted in
unconventional colors, such as a red
panda or pink elephant, that bring a spe-
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Carolyn Wood, curator of education
at the museum, said that prints are
meant to provoke thought about man’s
needs vs. animals’ needs. Originally
commissioned to raise awareness for
endangered species, the exhibit should
interest both students and professors,
Wood said.
“Most people don’t think art has any
thing to do with everyday life, that art
doesn’t have a message to get us think
ing about things, but the prints are a
subtle and extremely beautiful way of
doing that,” Wood said.
Berner added that despite the neces
sity of Warhol’s message, some
improvements have occurred since
Warhol released the prints in 1983 - the
bald eagle and the pine barrens tree
frog, for example, have come off the
endangered
species list.
“It’s definitely
that pull of Andy
Warhol’s name
that grabs atten
tion right away,
and it brings in the
issues of the
endangered
species as well,”
Berner said.
Warhol was the leader of the Pop Art
movement in the ’6os and is most
famous for his prints of celebrity por
traits. Wood feels that the prints create
icons of the animals like the celebrity
portraits do, by depicting their profiles
and printing them in the striking colors.
“They are extremely bold, arresting
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COURTESY OF THE ACKLAND ART MUSEUM
"The Black Rhinoceros" is one of the 10 Andy Warhol screen prints
currently on display at the Ackland Art Museum.
images that get at the essentials of how
the animal looks on the outside and
their attitude as well,” Wood said.
In conjunction with “Andy Warhol:
Endangered Species,” the museum is
sponsoring a lecture by Dr. David
Wilcove, senior ecologist with
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at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 8. The exhibit runs
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