Warhol on TV
Friday, March 4, 7PM (Screening at 7:30PM)
Location: Menil Park, 1515 Sul Ross
FREE
The Menil Collection collaborates with Aurora Picture Show to present "Warhol on TV," a curated screening of excerpts of works created by or featuring the artist Andy Warhol. The program will include episodes from Andy Warhol's series "Andy Warhol's 15 Minutes," a cable television series from the 1980s which featured celebrities of the time interviewed by Warhol; "The Untitled Factory Diaries," Warhol's home movie series from the 60s and 70s, and highlights from his appearances on television sitcoms such as "The Love Boat". Warhol was an American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker who was a leading figure in the pop art movement. The TV compilation is courtesy of the The Andy Warhol Museum.
The full list of excerpts is below:
Brigid Polk Showing Polaroids of Andy, October 25, 1971 [excerpt] (1971) 7 min.
Ultra Violet Album Cover Design Session, August 23, 1973 [excerpt] (1973) 3 min.
Montauk, Jed's First Weekend Back, August 12, 1973 [excerpt] (1973) 3 min.
Andy Interviewed for Cosmopolitan Magazine (c.1973) 6min.
Letter to Man Ray, December 28, 1976 [excerpt] (1976) 4 min.
Andy Warhol's T.V. [episode 9] [excerpt] (1981) 4 min.
Andy Warhol Being Made-up in Drag, October 2, 1981 [excerpts] (1981) 10 min.
Andy Warhol's T.V. on Saturday Night Live [3 segments] (1981) 5 min.
The Love Boat (Episode 200) [excerpts] (1985) 7 min.
Andy Warhol's Fifteen Minutes [excerpts] (1985-87) 10 min.
Julia Warhola Watching TV (c.1970-71) 1 min.
This special screening begins with a prelude VJ performance by Camilo Gonzalez from 7:00 to 7:30PM that is sponsored by Microcinema International DVD. The presentation will include excerpts from Visions of Warhol, among other Warhol-related selections. Visions of Warhol presents scenes from the life of Andy Warhol, as seen by three pioneer avant-garde filmmakers and close friends of the artist. "Warhol on TV" will start at 7:30PM.
Please remember to bring your blankets and picnics. Oh My! Pocket Pies gourmet food truck will be on hand to sell some yummy treats.
The Menil Collection will have extended hours and be open for viewing from 7-9PM as well.
Special thanks to The Warhol Museum, The Menil Collection, Art Lies Contemporary Quarterly, Microcinema International and Houston Young People for the Arts for their support of this program.
Thank you also to our Member VIP Reception sponsors Phoenicia Specialty Foods, Saint Arnold Brewery, Treaty Oak Rum and Freixenet. If you would like to attend our VIP receptions, join Aurora Picture Show and get exclusive invitations along with free and discounted admission to our regular screenings.
(Please note screening time was changed from 8:00PM listed on the printed calendar to 7:30PM. VJ Prelude also added at 7PM.)
Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol’s T.V. on Saturday Night Live, 1981
©2010 The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA, a museum of Carnegie Institute. All rights reserved.
Film still courtesy of The Andy Warhol Museum.