Andy Warhol (1928–87) is among the most notable and controversial of twentieth-century artists. He worked in many media, including painting, sculpture, filmmaking, and publishing. Though best known for his images of consumer culture icons like Campbell’s soup cans and pop icons like Marilyn Monroe, Warhol’s wide-ranging artistic legacy has been explored with a recent major retrospective show in Berlin, London, and Los Angeles. Some art historians have detected a sensitivity to religious imagery in Warhol’s work, perhaps influenced by his lifelong ties to the Carpatho-Rusyn Byzantine Catholic Church. Dr. Jane Daggett Dillenberger has examined this aspect in her groundbreaking work, The Religious Art of Andy Warhol. It is from this vantage point that MOCRA presents the Silver Clouds.

Warhol explored new technology and media throughout his career and engaged in a number of fruitful collaborations with people in a variety of disciplines. The Silver Clouds were created with the assistance of engineer Billy Klüver (1927–2004), who worked with other notable artists such as John Cage and Robert Rauschenberg. They were later incorporated into a 1968 dance piece by choreographer Merce Cunningham titled Rainforest.

Group Visits
MOCRA is happy to work with educators to arrange class visits during and outside of regular gallery hours, as well as to arrange group tours for other organizations. Please call 314.977.7170 or e-mail MOCRA for more information.

Hours: Tues - Sun, 11 am - 4 pm
Admission: free, with suggested donation of $5/adults, $1/students and children
Group visits (school, religious, community, seniors, etc.) please call in advance
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MOCRA observes Day With(out) Art on December 1, 2006. Learn more here.