"Warhol: Headlines" Symposium on October 22, 2011

Warhol: Headlines
October 22, 2011 at 2:00 p.m.
East Building Concourse, Auditorium

Organized on the occasion of the National Gallery of Art's Warhol: Headlines exhibition, on view from September 25, 2011, until January 2, 2012, this symposium features four lectures, each offering new perspectives from which to consider Andy's Warhol's multifaceted treatment of the media.

Illustrated lectures will be presented by Thomas Crow, Rosalie Solow Professor of Modern Art and associate provost for the arts, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University; Jonathan Flatley, associate professor of English, Wayne State University; Neil Printz, editor of The Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonne; and Fred Tomaselli, artist. Molly Donovan, associate curator of modern and contemporary art and curator of Warhol: Headlines, will introduce each speaker.

www.nga.gov/programs/lectures/index.shtm#symposium_warhol (Symposium information)
www.nga.gov/exhibitions/warholinfo.htm (Exhibition Information)
shop.nga.gov/nga/category.cgi?item=410000443934 (Purchase the catalogue)

Image: Andy Warhol, A Boy for Meg, 1962, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Burton Tremaine (C) 2011 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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EXTRA EXTRA!!!!
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HEADLINES! A Modern Take on Warhol’s Electric Newspaper Hosted by Busboys and Poets 5th & K, 7pm - 11pm

Bringing the news headlines to life! …through a multimedia experience of overlapping performance and visual art we explore the ironies and idiosyncrasies of the mainstream news narrative.

This multimedia event will draw on Andy Warhol’s HEADLINES art (currently on view at the National Gallery of Art) to explore the manipulation of the mainstream media and the role of artistic interpretation. The event is centered around Warhol’s “Electric Newspaper,” an audio collage of news clips, live music and beat poetry that reveals the absurdity of the mainstream media. With modern reinterpretation of the “Electric Newspaper” we create a similar experience with a performance-driven event focused on today’s news headlines:

- TROY DAVIS
- DC & PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD
- OCCUPY WALL STREET

…PERFORMANCES and ARTISTIC DIRECTION…

Molly Donovan……….(curator, warhol expert)
Joe Madison…………..(black eagle)
Adriel Luis…………….(audio/video manipulator)
Christylez Bacon…….(progressive hip-hop artist)
Gowri K…………………(spoken word artist)
Elahe Izadi…………….(journalist, comedian)
Head Roc………………(hip-hop artist)
Regie Cabio……………(spoken word artist)
Henry Thaggert………(art collector, warhol aficianado)
Elizabeth Acevedo…..(spoken word artist)
Kickrocks………………(dance crew)
Huda…………………….(oud player)
Bruce Lebovitz……….(electric violinist)
Saleem Waters………..(wind synthesizer)
Jonathan Tucker……..(artistic direction)
Holly Bass……………..(artistic direction)
Kat Hansen…………….(co-producer)
Simone Jacobson…….(co-producer)

This event is part of the “WARHOL OFF THE MALL” series, a collaboration between Busboys and Poets and the National Gallery of Art.

TICKETS >>> www.brownpapertickets.com/event/188975
$10 (advance), $15 (at the door)

Source: THE GET OUT LIST at http://readysetdc.com/
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