Andy Warhol is one of the twentieth-century’s most
renowned and complex artists, and twenty years after
his death The Eternal Now presents an opportunity for
audiences to experience at first hand some of his most
important and influential work.
This major exhibition marks the work of Andy Warhol and
those involved in his expansive studio, the Factory.
It presents the Factory as a centre of experimental art
production and will bring some of the most important
work emerging from the studio during that time to Ireland
including film, painting, photography, sculpture, music
and books. In 1964 Warhol moved into what became known
as the Silver Factory and until 1968 this space provided
a physical and conceptual framework for a broad range
of activity that pushed the boundaries of what art production
can be and helped define our contemporary ideas of the
role of the artist.
Between 1963, when he bought his first 16mm movie camera,
and 1968, when he began to retire as a film-maker, Andy
Warhol led an intensive period of film-making from the
Factory, which challenged the conventions of cinema,
making films that were longer, more numerous, and more
complex than anything seen before. This exhibition reflects
this extraordinary period of film production and will
include, amongst other key films; the
Screen Tests, Empire,
Kiss, Sleep and lesser known narrative features scripted
by Ronald Tavel including Horse, The
Life of Juanita Castro and Kitchen.
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