Artlyst - Andy Warhol: Catholicism His Work, Faith And Legacy

My latest piece for Artlyst is about Andy Warhol and the Catholic faith as explored in a current  exhibition at the Andy Warhol Museum and future exhibitions at Tate Modern and the National Gallery:

'As Eugene McCarraher has explained, in The Enchantments of Mammon, ‘Warhol incorporated the formal aspects of Byzantine iconography into Pop Art.’ His ‘Campbell’s Soup cans and Coca-Cola bottles – mass-produced objects with no personal signature – recalled the anonymity and deliberate repetitiveness of Byzantine iconographers.’ ‘Warhol explained, “Pop Art is a way of liking things,” a celebration of those “great modern things” that comprise the humble matter of everyday life – a realm where, in Orthodox tradition, the divine always manifests itself sacramentally.’

The critics at the time failed to understand this aspect of Warhol’s work but it was clearly apparent to Sister Corita Kent on a visit in 1962 to the Ferus Gallery in LA to see Warhol’s breakthrough exhibition of Campbell’s Soup Cans. ‘Coming home,’ she said, ‘you saw everything like Andy Warhol.’ Kent found inspiration in signs and advertising for vibrant screen printed banners and posters that provided an opportunity to show the sacred in the most mundane.'

My other Artlyst pieces are:

Interviews:

Christopher Clack: Connecting The Material And Immaterial
Peter Howson Artlyst Interview
Marleen Hengelaar-Rookmaaker On The Legacy Of ArtWay
Alastair Gordon A Testament To His Faith
Katrina Moss Chaiya Art Awards Interview: Where is God in our 21st century world?
Apocalypse Now: Michael Takeo Magruder Interviewed
Jonathan Anderson: Religious Inspirations Behind Modernism
Caravan – An Interview With Rev Paul Gordon Chandler On Arts Peacebuilding
Art Awakening Humanity Alexander de Cadenet Interviewed
Michael Pendry New Installation Lights Up St Martin In The Fields
Mark Dean Projects Stations of the Cross Videos On Henry Moore Altar


Articles:

Kiki Smith: Embodied Art

Art and Christianity Awards A Positive New Millennium Legacy
Arnulf Rainer: 90th Birthday Exhibition Celebrated At Albertina Museum
A Belonging Project And Exiles Loss and Displacement
Robert Polidori: Fra Angelico Opus Operantis
Art, Faith, Church Patronage and Modernity
Contemplating the Spiritual in Contemporary Art
Mat Collishaw Challenges Faith Perspectives With Ushaw Installation
Waterloo Festival Launches At St. John’s Waterloo
John Bellany Alan Davie Spiritual Joy and Magic
RIFT Unites 17 Art and Science MA Graduates At Central St Martins
Visionary Cities: Michael Takeo Magruder – British Library
Van Gogh’s Religious Journey Around London
William Congdon Holy Sites And The Kettle’s Yard Connection
Mark Dean Premieres Pastiche Mass At Banqueting Hall Chelsea College of Arts
John Kirby: The Torment Underlying The Civilised Facade
Curating Spiritual Sensibilities In Changing Times
Ken Currie: Protest Defeat And Victory
Bosco Sodi: A Moment Of Genesis
Bill Viola And The Art Of Contemplation
Art In Churches 2018: Spiritual Combinations Explored
Sister Wendy Beckett – A Reminiscence
Guido Guidi: Per Strada Flowers Gallery London
Peter Howson: The play is over – Flowers Gallery
Camille Henrot: Scientific History And Creation Story Mash Up
Nicola Green Explores Recent And Contemporary Religious Leaders – St Martin-in-the-Fields
Art And The Consequences Of War Explored In Two Exhibitions
Helaine Blumenfeld Translating Her Vision
Sacred Noise: Explores Religion, Faith And Divinity
Bill Viola: Quiet Contemplative Video Installation St Cuthbert’s Church Edinburgh
The ground-breaking work of Sister Corita Kent
Picasso To Souza: The Crucifixion Imagery Rarely Exhibited
Michael Takeo Magruder: De / coding the Apocalypse – Panacea Museum
Giorgio Griffa: The Golden Ratio And Inexplicable Knowledge
Arabella Dorman Unveils New Installation At St James Church Piccadilly
Can Art Transform Society?
Art Awakening Humanity Conference Report
Central St Martins in the Fields Design Then And Now
The Sacramental And Liturgical Nature Of Conceptual Art
Polish Art In Britain Centenary Marked At London’s Ben Uri Gallery
Refugee Artists Learning from The Lives Of Others
The Religious Impulses Of Robert Rauschenberg
The Christian Science Connection Within The British Modern Art Movement
Artists Rebranding The Christmas Tree Tradition
Art Impacted - A Radical Response To Radicalisation
The Art of St Martin-in-the-Fields and
Was Caravaggio A Good Christian?

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