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Famed artist’s works on display in University Center Galleries
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BY MELISSA PANTANO
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W hen people bear the name
Andy Warhol, images of Mar
ilyn Mdnroe and Campbell’s
soup cans come to mind. With his eas
ily recognisable bright colors and
sharp images, Warhol made himself a
pop-art icon.
Warhol’s “Endangered Species” ex
hibit is a prime; example of style of
bright colors and sharp images.
The exhibit fts a series of 10 silk-
screen prints of animals which faced the
risk of extinction in 1983.
According to the interpretive panel
text this “serifs represents both an artis
tic as well as commercial success for the
collaborators and also provides us with
some historical perspective in the strug
gle between man and the elimination of
animal habitats around the world.”
“Endangered Species,” done in col
laboration with New York gallery own
er Ronald Feldman, is one of eight se
ries of portfolios that came out of the
partnership.
The portfolio is made up of silk-
screened outlines over photographs.
Feldman and Warhol began the se
ries by combing through hundreds of
pictures of endangered species. After
ten were selected, Warhol traced lines
around the image and then superim
posed these lines back into the original
enlarged photograph.
The outlines were then given to Ru-
bert Smith, a printmaker, who would
prepare silk screens and print hundreds
of color combinations. From these silk-
screens, Warhol, Feldman and Smith
would select, a color combination for
the edition.
Through the selection of individual
images and through his screen print
technique, Warhol gave the series an
added edge.
He began using the silk-screen
process in 1962 because the process was
quick and allowed for an element of
chance in the final presentation.
The many screens used to print each
imagl; provided a large opportunity for
various color combinations. Warhol’s
tracings which were superimposed
back ohto the imafe, also gave the
prints the directness of a photograph
though if was a less creative and more
mechanicll process.
The process irfvolves pressing pig
ments of color through a silk-screen
with a stencil design. First a mesh-like
material is pulled tightly over a wood
en frame. Ink is then applied with a
squeegee which forces the color
through the screen and prints the design
on the surface underneath.
Warhol used this process because it
allowed for accidents which enabled
him to individualize the final appear
ance of a print. These differences made
each print an original, unique piece.
Throughout his projects, Warhol act
ed much like a director, mainly making
recommendations and suggestions. Al
though the efforts were always collabo
rative, his word was the final one.
Catherine Hastedt, curator of the J.
Wayne Stark University Center Gal
leries, said because of the look of the
paintings it can be wrongly assumed
that the process is simple.
“People don’t understand the intricate
and time consuming process that silk
screening is,” Hastedt said.
Warhol’s public image was one of
composure and disinterest, which, gave
rise to rumors he never worked on any
of the images that bore his name. These
stories helped boost his status as a liv
ing legend and also kept the price of his
works high.
Once “Endangered Species” was fin
ished, Warhol spent days signing each
panel. The prints were then collected
and stored in a warehouse until they
were sold.
Hundreds of trial prints remained af
ter the final works were chosen. They
were all destroyed in order to maintain
the market value of the selected prints.
Feldman’s staff was often given the duty
of destroying the paintings. Either feed
ing stacks of paintings into cutters or
sometimes just sitting on the floor, tear
ing up the art with their bare hands.
Hastedt said this exhibit has attracted
a lot of visitors.
“This is a very popular exhibit,” Hast
edt said. “People come in and see both
this and the Ansel Adams exhibit. ”
Hastedt said having two very popular
artists has helped the galleries.
“These exhibits are getting a lot of at
tention,” Hastedt said. “People walk
through on weekends mostly, it’s really
good to be getting this positive feedback. ”
The prints are owned by East Wash
ington University and are on a United
States traveling tour.
The Stark Gallery in the MSC is the
only place in Texas where the prints
will be shown. They are on display un
til Dec. 18.
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