A free one-day symposium entitled ‘Every Real Moment— Time in Andy Warhol’s Art’ has been organised for Friday 20 May at Avenue Campus.
In his book POPism‚ Warhol talks about his desire to film a whole day in some of his subjects’ lives, and explains this by the fact that he does not like “the idea of picking out certain scenes and pieces of time and putting them together”. Instead, he wants “chunks of time all together, every real moment.”
In looking at the significance of time in Andy Warhol’s art, this one-day symposium will consider how the extraordinary durational aspect of many of his films can inform our understanding of his other work: the paintings and silkscreens, the sculptures, the music, the Time Capsules, videos, magazines, books, as well as the personality shows he produced for American television in the 1980s.
The event is being run by the John Hansard Gallery in association with the University of Wales, Newport, and will take place between 11am and 5pm in Lecture Theatre A. Booking is essential.
Guests are also invited to a post-symposium reception at the John Hansard Gallery from 5-6pm.
For more information, please visit: http://www.hansardgallery.org.uk/education/seminars.html