I was surprised to see that The De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill is currently playing host to an Andy Warhol exhibition, and a very impressively curated one at that. Displayed over three floors in the historic pavilion that overlooks the seafront, the exhibition guides viewers through a detailed journey of Andy Warhol's varied works and accurately documents the influences behind each stage of his artistic career. I would usually expect to see a Warhol exhibit hanging within a major London gallery, but instead it was a joy to visit the De La Warr exhibition so free from crowds and chaos; even when I turned up on Saturday morning the rooms were still quiet.
It was interesting to learn that Warhol's obsessions included not only the infamous commodification of celebrity and American culture, but also the subject of assassination and death, which hugely explains his fascination with skulls and guns. His eye-catching works ranged from huge photographs, to drawings, to prints (see my dodgy i-phone pics) and the exhibition was colourful to say the least. In one room his huge prints of hamburgers and army prints were juxtaposed against a wallpaper of Warhol's pink cow.
The exhibition will be on display until Sunday 26th February and it's well worth the visit. Entry is free, however a £2 donation is requested.
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