Andy Warhol: Disaster Relics

Prague: Kampa Museum, 2007. Softbound. VG+. Red and black printed wraps. [50] pp., profusely illustrated in color. Text is not in English. The Jan and Meda Mládek Foundation prepared in cooperation with the Andy Warhol museum in Pittsburgh an exhibition with the title "Disaster Relics", which presented prints by Warhol dealing with the theme of catastrophes. Many of these works belong to a series which was created at the beginning of the nineteen sixties; they reflect Warhol's fascination with death as well as his obsession with "fifteen minutes of fame". Some of these works document the life of the famous, for example a portrait of Jackie Kennedy shortly before and after the assassination of Kennedy. The rest, chronicling the lives of ordinary people, for example prints inspired by racial unrest in Alabama or by car and airplane accidents. (Inventory #: 122020)