International Warhol Symposium at Wexner Center

To shed more light on Warhol’s work and continuing influence—and on the occasion of the exhibition Andy Warhol: Other Voices, Other Rooms—the Wexner Center presents the symposium Andy Warhol: Outer and Inner Dichotomies on Friday-Saturday, November 14–15. This event will feature members of Warhol’s circle, as well as critics, curators, authors, and art historians. The schedule follows:

Keynote Conversation

Friday, November 14 | 7 pm in Mershon Auditorium

$8 general public; free for members, Warhol Club cardholders, Ohio State students/faculty/staff; call 614 292-3535. Ticket includes one free gallery admission November 14 or 15.

In this keynote address, Warhol critic and Warhol biographer Wayne Koestenbaum will converse with artist Francesco Vezzoli, whose fascination with celebrity rivals Warhol’s own.

Saturday Sessions

Saturday, November 15 | 10:30 am–4 pm in the Film/Video Theater

Free (no tickets or preregistration required)

10:30 AM
Welcome and Remarks
Sherri Geldin
Director, Wexner Center for the Arts

Eva Meyer-Hermann
Curator, Andy Warhol: Other Voices, Other Rooms

11 AM
Give and Take
The act of exchange permeates Warhol’s work in many different forms—the exchange of goods, the exchange of gazes, the exchange of bodies, to name a few. In this session, panelists discuss these and other related elements in Warhol’s work.

Speakers
Callie Angell
Curator, Andy Warhol Film Project at the Whitney Museum of American Art

Richard Meyer
Associate Professor of Art History and Fine Arts, University of Southern California

Mary Woronov
Actress (Chelsea Girls, ****, Hedy) and author

Moderator
Bill Horrigan
Director of Media Arts, Wexner Center for the Arts
 

 

12:30 PM
Lunch Break

2 PM
Beauty and the Banal
Soup cans. Marilyn Monroe. Brillo boxes. Elvis Presley. In Warhol’s mind, one was as worthy of attention as the other. This session explores Warhol’s fascination with and blurring of beauty, fame, and the everyday.

Speakers
Thomas Crow
Professor, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University

Eva Meyer-Hermann
Curator, Andy Warhol: Other Voices, Other Rooms

Morgan Fisher,

Filmmaker and artist

 

Moderator
Catharina Manchanda
Senior Curator of Exhibitions, Wexner Center for the Arts

3:30 PM
Closing conversation
Reception to follow—all are welcome