Andy Warhol ? Fur Die Grunen
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? The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / DACS, London 2009

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Andy Warhol ? Fur Die Grunen 1978

On Tour On tour at UK / HULL / FERENS ART GALLERY

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This poster promoting the German Green Party was designed by Warhol in 1978 at the suggestion of the German artist, Joseph Beuys. Beuys had always been interested in politics. In the 1970s he was an important figure in the first Green party which strongly opposed the use of nuclear power. Warhol has created a simple design with a green and white colour scheme. He knew the importance of clever advertising. Warhol began his career in the commercial art industry in the 1950s and was therefore fully aware what a `name? could bring to a campaign. In signing `Andy Warhol? across the poster alongside a repeated linear self-portrait, Warhol instantly attaches his celebrity to Beuys?s cause.

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  • Acc. No. AR00370
  • Medium Poster
  • Size 101.00 x 74.90 cm
  • Credit ARTIST ROOMS National Galleries of Scotland and Tate. Acquired jointly through The d'Offay Donation with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Art Fund 2008

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