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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Upcoming Public Programs at The Andy Warhol Museum
(Pittsburgh, PA) . . . August 1, 2013
EXHIBITIONS
Genesis Breyer P-Orridge: S/HE IS HER/E
June 15 – September 15, 2013
H/er first solo museum exhibition, S/HE IS HER/E, will showcase the breadth of POrridge’s art practice through over 100 works, dating from the mid 1970s to the
present. With an art practice dating back to the late 1960s, Genesis Breyer Pimage: Kurt Vile of Kurt Vile & the
Violators
Orridge has reinvented and reintroduced h/erself as groundbreaking performance
artist, pioneer of industrial music, "wrecker of civilization," essayist, and, most
recently, as pandrogyne. H/er singular and, at times, provocative creative practice
has exerted a profound influence on visual artists and musicians alike. Genesis has
performed in a number of music projects including Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV
and Pigface. A central focus for the exhibition is the Pandrogyne project – a
complex and highly ambitious series of collaborative artworks by P-Orridge and his
wife Lady Jaye Breyer P-Orridge (1969-2007). Frustrated by what they considered
to be socially imposed limits on personal identity and on the language of true love,
image: The Monkey Talks
P-Orridge and Lady Jaye sought to merge their two identities, using plastic surgery,
hormone therapy, cross-dressing, and altered behavior to create the pandrogynous
being, "Breyer P-Orridge." An act of love, the work explores how fully two people
can integrate their lives, bodies, and consciousnesses. Lady Jaye passed away in
2007, and the project continues with Genesis embodying the entirety of Breyer POrridge.
Caldwell Linker: All Through the Night
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June 15 – September 15, 2013
Caldwell Linker has worked in photography for over 15 years and has produced a
large body of work depicting LGBQT individuals and events. All Through the Night
presents a selection of images executed since the artist’s relocation to Pittsburgh in
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2007 and reveals an intimate and celebratory portrait of Pittsburgh’s vibrant LGBQT
communities. From extravagant performances of local drag queens, house parties
and simple afternoons on the porch, Linker’s images portray a broad spectrum of
people, locations and emotions. Primarily composed with available light “as found”
rather than staged, the photographs convey a sense of the communities’ rich social
texture and intimate personal engagement.
Nick Bubash: The Patron Saint of White Guys That Went Tribal and Other
Works
June 15 – September 15, 2013
The Patron Saint of White Guys That Went Tribal and Other Works, the first solo
museum exhibition of work by Pittsburgh artist Nick Bubash features a recreation of
the artist’s studio which focuses on a large group of found object sculptures. These
sculptures reveal a playful approach to the artist’s practices and sardonic sense of
humor. Bubash has exhibited extensively across the US since 1989, with work
exhibiting a wide range of media and diverse stylistic approach. Bubash is also a
nationally recognized tattooist and is the owner of Route 60 Tattoo in McKees
Rocks.
Yasumasa Morimura: Theater of the Self
October 6, 2013 – January 12, 2014
The Warhol Museum presents a survey exhibition of work by Japanese artist
Yasumasa Morimura. Morimura is renowned for his photographic reprisals of
iconic images from art history and popular culture in which he replaces the subjects
with his own self-image. By quite literally assuming a place in these works,
Morimura reimagines historical narratives and, in the process, conflates issues of
originality and reproduction, gender, and race to create what he calls a “beautiful
commotion.” Developed by The Warhol in close collaboration with the artist, the
exhibition will focus on three important bodies of work: ‘Requiem’ in which
Morimura recreates iconic photographs relating to political and cultural life; the
‘Actors’ series in which he assumes the personae of Hollywood luminaries such as
Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor; and his celebrated ‘Art History’ photographs
in which he painstakingly restages canonical European paintings. Morimura’s
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fascination with the self-portrait, celebrity, gay and transgendered life, art history,
and popular culture align him closely with the work of Andy Warhol. In fact, the
artist has described himself as Warhol’s “conceptual son” and, as a corollary to his
survey exhibition, Morimura will be working with museum’s curatorial team to
curate a selection of works from The Warhol’s permanent collection. Yasumasa
Morimura is made possible through the generous support of The Japan Foundation.
EVENTS
Sound Series: Psychic TV / PTV3
Friday, August 16, 2013
8 p.m.
New Hazlett Theater
The Warhol welcomes Psychic TV / PTV3 for a rare performance at New Hazlett
Theater. Fronted by performance artist, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Psychic TV
(born out of Industrial Music pioneers, Throbbing Gristle) made highly innovative
and provocative music from the early 80’s to mid-90’s. In 2003, drummer Edley
ODowd of the legendary NYC rock band Toilet Boys persuaded Genesis to rekindle
her rock spirit and Psychic TV, which became known as “PTV3”. For this special
performance, the band will feature Genesis Breyer P-Orridge -vocals, violin; Edley
ODowd - drums, samples; Alice Genese - bass; Jeff 'Bunsen' Berner – guitar, Jess
Stewart – keyboards; and projections by Jeanne Angel & Sam Zimmerman. The
performance is presented in connection with the exhibition, Genesis Breyer POrridge: S/HE IS HER/E on view through September 15, 2013 at The Warhol.
Tickets $25/$20 Members & students; visit www.warhol.org or call 412-237-8300
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Artist Talk: Genesis Breyer P-Orridge
Saturday, August 17, 2013
2 p.m.
Join artist Genesis Breyer P-Orridge for a talk related to the arc and trajectory of
h/er life as art including COUM Transmissions, Fluxus, Mail Art, and performance
art from the late 1960s to the present. The talk is presented in conjunction with the
exhibition Genesis Breyer P-Orridge: S/HE IS HER/E, which investigates how s/he
has reinvented and reintroduced h/erself as a groundbreaking performance artist,
pioneer of industrial music, and essayist, with a focus on the Pandrogyne project – a
complex and highly ambitious series of collaborative artworks by P-Orridge and his
wife Lady Jaye Breyer P-Orridge (1969-2007).
Free with Museum admission/ Members Free; visit www.warhol.org or call 412237-8300
Voices Gallery Talk: Queer and Brown in Steeltown with Raquel Rodriguez
and Ayanah Moor
Saturday, August 24, 2013
2 p.m.
The Warhol’s Voices program is an ongoing series of public dialogues and gallery
talks by various scholars, community activists and artists. These programs provide
context and spark dialogue about the issues raised in the museum’s exhibitions.
During the Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and Caldwell Linker exhibitions, Voices will
present a diverse range of speakers discussing lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer and
transgender (LGBQT) themes related to these exhibitions. Queer and Brown in
Steeltown is a podcast started by Rodrigez and Moor in 2012. It originated from
conversations about what living in Pittsburgh (aka Steeltown) is like for queer
people of color. During this time, Pittsburgh was gaining the reputation as being the
most livable city in the country while simultaneously being one of the whitest
metropolitan areas and having an incredibly high poverty rate among African
Americans. They couldn’t help but wonder: livable for who?
Free with Museum admission/ Members Free; visit www.warhol.org or call 412237-8300
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Film Screening: Creating the Pandrogyne: Celebrating Breyer P-Orridge with
Genesis Breyer P-Orridge in person
Friday, August 30, 2013
8 p.m.
Screening in conjunction with the museum’s exhibition, S/HE IS HER/E, this
program of short films celebrates the love of two unique individuals and the life/art/
they chose to live and create. Genesis Breyer P-Orridge will be here to introduce
and enlighten. With an art practice dating back to the late 1960s, P-Orridge has
reinvented and reintroduced h/erself as groundbreaking performance artist, inventor
of industrial music, "wrecker of civilization," essayist, and, most recently, as
pandrogyne. H/er singular and, at times, provocative creative practice has exerted a
profound influence on visual artists and musicians alike.
Tickets $10; visit www.warhol.org or call 412-237-8300
Voices Gallery Talk: Troubling the Line: an excerpt – Poetry Reading and
Conversation with Jenny Johnson and Ari Banias
Saturday, August 31, 2013
2 p.m.
The Warhol’s Voices program is an ongoing series of public dialogues and gallery
talks by various scholars, community activists and artists. These programs provide
context and spark dialogue about the issues raised in the museum’s exhibitions.
During the Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and Caldwell Linker exhibitions, Voices will
present a diverse range of speakers discussing lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer and
transgender (LGBQT) themes related to these exhibitions. Jenny Johnson's poems
have appeared in The Best American Poetry 2012, The Southern Review, Blackbird,
The Collagist, Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics and
elsewhere. She also won Beloit Poetry Journal’s Chad Walsh Poetry Prize in 2011
for her poem “Aria” and is currently a Lecturer at the University of Pittsburgh where
she teaches writing.
Free with Museum admission/ Members Free; visit www.warhol.org or call 412237-8300
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Trans-Q Live!
Saturday, September 7, 2013
8 p.m.
A queer evening of dazzling performance, dance, stand-up history, stories,
resplendent fantasies, music and so much more. Trans-Q Television is a Dadaist
Variety Show for the 21st Century that revels in the fluidity of genders and
sexualities. A truly twisted mix of Sonny and Cher, Sesame Street, Andy Warhol’s
TV, Ernie Kovacs, Pee Wee’s Playhouse and Wigstock. Trans-Q TV collaborates
with a wide range of talent to produce programs comprising performance,
interviews, animation, literary presentations, music, stand-up theory and all manner
of feats and festivities. Trans-Q Television is supported in part by the Center for the
Arts in Society at Carnegie Mellon University. Produced by Suzie Silver in
collaboration with Trans-Q Television and The Andy Warhol Museum.
Tickets $10/$8 Members & students; visit www.warhol.org or call 412-237-8300
FREE parking in The Warhol lot.
Sound Series: Scout Niblett
Thursday, September 19, 2013
8 p.m.
The Warhol presents an evening with Scout Niblett to launch the fall 2013 Sound
Series. Niblett makes her first appearance at The Warhol in support of her latest
release “It’s Up to Emma” on Drag City Records. Originally from Nottingham,
England, and often drawing comparisons to PJ Harvey and Cat Power, Niblett has
developed a signature spartan song structure with a unique sonic range, often
performing solo on electric guitar, or with a drummer (as is the case with this
appearance). This latest release is widely considered her most emotionally raw,
personal and stark.
Tickets $15/$12 Members; visit www.warhol.org or call 412-237-8300
Unseen Treasures from George Eastman House 2013: West of Zanzibar
Friday, September 20, 2013
8 p.m.
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Master Tod Browning directs this over the top jungle melodrama in which Lon
Chaney plays a wrathful vaudeville magician known as "Dead Legs," who is driven
to exact insane revenge on the ivory trader (Lionel Barrymore) who crippled him
and stole his beloved wife. When his dying wife returns with a baby girl a year after
leaving him, he sends the lover’s child to a brothel and spends the next 20 years in
an African swamp with a dissipated doctor, where he manipulates the local tribe into
thinking that he’s a powerful sorcerer. Claiming the debauched girl (Mary Nolan)
when she comes of age, he sets into motion his long laid plan to lure the trader to his
lair and have the locals burn them both alive. One of ten features Browning and
Chaney made together, this film probes the darkest recesses of their psyche in one of
the silent era’s most manic productions. The Warhol Museum continues its
partnership with the world-renowned photograph and motion picture archives,
George Eastman House, to bring rarely shown silent and early sound masterpieces
from its extensive collection exclusively to Pittsburgh.
Tickets $10; visit www.warhol.org or call 412-237-8300
OUT OF THE BOX: Time Capsule opening with Time Capsules Cataloguers
Saturday, September 21, 2013
2 p.m.
Join Time Capsules Cataloguers Erin Byrne, Marie Elia and Elaina Vitale in the
Warhol theater as they take the first look inside one of Warhol’s unopened boxes!
Warhol was an avid collector of art, Fiestaware, photographs, newspapers, dental
molds and especially the minutiae of his daily life. In 1974, he began filling the first
of his 600 Time Capsules with source material, correspondence and clothing. The
Time Capsules reflect more than Warhol’s personal life—they act as an insightful
snapshot of the time and contain a wealth of information for researchers. This event
will also feature an interactive live stream with the Institute of Contemporary Art
(ICA) London, providing a unique opportunity of exchange with live audiences in
both Pittsburgh and London. http://www.ica.org.uk/
Free with Museum admission/ Members Free; visit www.warhol.org or call 412237-8300
Sound Series: Angel Olsen
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Tuesday, September 24, 2013
8 p.m.
The Warhol welcomes Chicago-based singer-songwriter, Angel Olsen for the first
time to the Museum’s theater, on a tour supporting her latest release, Half Way
Home, on Jagjaguwar Records. Olsen has collaborated with Emmett Kelly and his
collective, the Cairo Gang, adding her unique vocal harmonies and textures to the
Bonnie “Prince” Billy releases The Wonder Show of the World (2010) and Wolfroy
Goes to Town (2011). Just three years into a solo career, Olsen has found a distinct
voice with intimate arrangements that fall comfortably between the darker side of
50’s/60’s country crooners and her indie, alt-country/folk contemporaries. The lush
harmonies of drone/folk ensemble, Pillars and Tongues, open the show.
Tickets $15/$12 Members & students; visit www.warhol.org or call 412-237-8300
Sound Series: Kurt Vile & the Violators
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
8 p.m.
Carnegie Music Hall (Oakland)
The Warhol welcomes The Philadelphia-based psychedelic-folk troubadour Kurt
Vile and his dynamic band the Violators. Given their expanded profile from the past
two years of extensive touring and accolades around Vile’s previous release, Smoke
Ring for My Halo, they will shift from The Warhol’s theater to the Carnegie Music
Hall. The current tour supporting the new Matador Records release, Wakin On A
Pretty Daze, has included a performance on The Late Show with David Letterman,
as well as major summer festivals such as Coachella, Primavera and Field Day.
Tickets $18/$15 Members & students; visit www.warhol.org or call 412-237-8300
RAD Day 2013, Featuring FREE admission
Sunday, September 29, 2013
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
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As part of RADical Days 2013, The Warhol is offering FREE admission from 10
a.m. – 5 p.m. on Sunday, September 29. RADical Days is an annual event
celebrating the region’s assets with free admission, musical and dance performances
and family activities offered by arts and culture organizations, parks and recreation,
and sports and attractions that are funded by RAD.
Artist Talk: Yasumasa Morimura
Thursday, October 3, 2013
5 p.m.
McConomy Auditorium at Carnegie Mellon University
Co-presented with Carnegie Mellon University, School of Art's Fall 2013
Lecture Series
World renowned international artist Yasumasa Morimura’s fascination with the selfportrait and interest in celebrity, gay and transgendered life, art history, and popular
culture align him closely with the work of Andy Warhol. Morimura has described
himself as Warhol’s “conceptual son.” His work is a reprisal of iconic images
drawn from the history of art and mass media. This, along with literally assuming
his own place in these images and issues of originality, reproduction, gender, and
race creates what he calls a “beautiful commotion.” This talk is co-presented with
by The Warhol Carnegie Mellon University, School of Art's Fall 2013 Lecture
Series and is presented in association with the exhibition Yasumasa Morimura:
Theater of the Self, on view at The Warhol October 6, 2013 – January 12, 2014. The
exhibition is made possible through the generous support of The Japan Foundation.
Tickets FREE and open to the public; visit www.warhol.org or call 412-237-8300
Sound Series: Bill Callahan, with special guest Lonnie Holley
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
8 p.m.
Carnegie Lecture Hall (Oakland)
The Warhol welcomes back the songwriter, Bill Callahan, to Carnegie Lecture Hall,
after appearances in 2009 in The Warhol Theater and the Carnegie Museum of Art’s
Sculpture Court. A Drag City Records stalwart, Callahan, who performed for many
years under the alias Smog, continues his lyrical songwriting featuring a signature
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baritone and vivid imagery, which has appealed to a diverse roster of artists who
have recorded his songs, such as Gil Scott-Heron, The Flaming Lips and Cat Power.
Tickets $18/$15 Members & students; visit www.warhol.org or call 412-237-8300
Unseen Treasures from George Eastman House 2013: The Monkey Talks
Friday, October 18, 2013
8 p.m.
American auteur director Raoul Walsh (High Sierra, White Heat) directs this
beautiful and surreal fantasy which centers around a circus love triangle between the
lovely tightrope walker, played by Olive Borden who is considered to be among the
most beautiful actresses of the era; an acrobat who impersonates a talking
chimpanzee; and a former suitor who poses as the “animal” trainer. The makeup was
done by Jack Pierce, who also created some of the cinema’s most famous monsters
including The Wolf Man and Frankenstein’s Monster.
The Warhol Museum continues its partnership with the world-renowned photograph
and motion picture archives, George Eastman House, to bring rarely shown silent
and early sound masterpieces from its extensive collection exclusively to Pittsburgh.
Tickets $10; visit www.warhol.org or call 412-237-8300
Sound Series: Jenny Hval, with special guest, The Garment District
Friday, November 1, 2013
8pm
Warhol theater
The Warhol welcomes the Norwegian musician and songwriter, Jenny Hval, for her
debut in the Museum’s theater. On a tour supporting her latest release Innocence Is
Kinky (produced by PJ Harvey collaborator John Parish), Hval, whose
multidisciplinary work as a musician, artist and writer, is often described as
“provocative” and “transgressive,” will be featured at the Performa Festival in NYC,
before appearing at The Warhol. Her 2011 release, Viscera, was hailed by WIRE
magazine as “a stunning achievement both conceptually and musically," a reflection
of her range of influences including Einstürzende Neubauten, Patti Smith and Kate
Bush. Pittsburgh’s own, The Garment District, featuring Jennifer Baron, formerly
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of The Ladybug Transistor (who has a forthcoming release on Night-People
Records) opens the show.
Tickets $15/$12 Members & students; visit www.warhol.org or call 412.237.8300
Annual Teacher Open House
Thursday, November 7, 2013
5 p.m.
The Fall Teacher Open House is an annual event featuring special previews of
exhibitions, lectures, gallery talks, art making and discussion activities, and
classroom resources. Teachers in attendance may receive Act 48 credit hours and
information about school partnership opportunities.
Tickets $10; visit www.warhol.org or call 412-237-8300
FREE parking in The Warhol lot.
Unseen Treasures from George Eastman House 2013: Special Delivery
Friday, November 8, 2013
8 p.m.
Comedian Eddie Cantor made two silent films before become a star. In this, his
second silent, he plays a clumsy mailman who is in love with Madge the waitress
and struggling against three rivals, including a policeman, a fireman, and a shady
promoter. Although Eddie loses out on a chance to escort Madge to the postal ball,
he still attends and impresses when his wild pirouettes win him the grand prize in
the Black Bottom dance contest. When he discovers that one of his rivals is con
man, he exposes the villians and finally wins Madge’s love. Special Delivery was
directed by comedian Fatty Arbuckle, under the pseudonym "William Goodrich,"
who was unsuccessfully trying to make a comeback after the sex scandal that ruined
his career. The Warhol Museum continues its partnership with the world-renowned
photograph and motion picture archives, George Eastman House, to bring rarely
shown silent and early sound masterpieces from its extensive collection exclusively
to Pittsburgh.
Tickets $10; visit www.warhol.org or call 412-237-8300
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ONGOING PROGRAMS
GOOD FRIDAYS
Every Friday, 5 – 10 p.m.
Half-Price Admission and cash bar
For a more social experience, the Museum is open late with a cash bar in the
entrance gallery and special half-price regular Museum admission. Many Good
Fridays also feature special programs including music, film, performances, and
more. Be sure to check our online calendar for specific weekly special
programming (additional ticket pricing may apply).
The Factory (Underground Studio)
Weekdays, 2 -5 p.m., Weekends, 12 - 4 p.m.
Free with Museum admission
The Factory is a lively studio program where Museum visitors can create art
alongside artist/educators while exploring Warhol's artistic practice. It’s a
collaborative environment where visitors investigate ideas about art and culture
while working alongside artist/educators, staff and volunteers.
Weekday Gallery Talks
Weekdays, 11 a.m. & 1 p.m.
Experience a range of topics including Warhol’s work practices and more. Subjects
vary depending on current exhibitions and guest speaker. Guest speakers include
curators, artist educators, and more. These 30 minute talks include time for visitors
to present their own perspectives and questions.
Daily Films
Weekdays, 12:30 p.m.; Weekends; 12:30 p.m. & 3p.m.
Warhol’s film and video works screened in our theater.
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The Warhol receives state arts funding support through a grant from the
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania; the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency and The Heinz
Endowments. Further support is provided by the Allegheny Regional Asset District.
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About The Andy Warhol Museum
Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the place of Andy Warhol’s birth, The Warhol
is one of the most comprehensive single-artist museums in the world. The Andy
Warhol Museum is one of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh. Additional
information about The Warhol is available at www.warhol.org.
About Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh
Founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1895, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh is a
collection of four distinctive museums dedicated to exploration through art and
science: Carnegie Museum of Art, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Carnegie
Science Center, and The Andy Warhol Museum.
Phone:
412-237-8300
Hours:
Tues, Wed, Thurs, Sat and Sun 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Fri, 10 a.m. – 10 p.m.
Mon closed
Admission:
Members – free
Good Fridays 5-10 p.m., Half-price Museum admission
Adults - $20; Sr. Citizens - $10; Children/Students - $10
The Warhol Store/The Warhol Café – free
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