FIFTY IMPORTANT WORKS BY ANDY WARHOL ARE ON VIEW AT THE HAY HILL GALLERY, LONDON, THIS SUMMER. THE EXHIBITION OFFERS A RARE AND FASCINATING INSIGHT INTO WARHOL'S CREATIVE MIND AND WORKING PROCESSES, WITH AN UNPRECEDENTED NUMBER OF WORKS JUXTAPOSED WITH THEIR PREPARATORY DRAWINGS. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE A UNIQUE COLLECTION OF ANDY WARHOL'S INDIANS (NATIVE AMERICANS)(1986), EXHIBITED ALONGSIDE THE WORKING DRAWINGS. THESE SEVENTEEN WORKS OF ART FORM AN IMPORTANT PART OF WARHOLS' OEUVRE. THEY PROVIDE A ROUNDED STUDY OF WARHOL'S GRAPHS PROCESS IN THE 1980s AND A FITTING MANIFESTATIONS OF HIS LATER OBSESSION WITH AMERICAN CULTURE, PARTICULARLY THE STORIES, MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF THE AMERICAN WEST. BASED ON PUBLICITY AND ARCHIVAL PHOTOGRAPHS AS WELL AS POSTCARDS, WARHOL ROMANTICIZES STEREOTYPED AND EXPLOITED IMAGES OF AMERICAN INDIANS INCLUDING MOTHER AND CHILD, INDIAN HEAD NICKELS, PLAIN INDIAN SHIELD, KACHINA DOLLS, SITTING BULL, GERONIMO AND NORTHWEST COAST MASK. THERE IS ALSO A RANGE OF HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE WORKS INCLUDING THE SCREAM (AFTER EDVARD MUNCH)(1984), PART OF A SERIES OF WORKS BASED ON THE PAINTINGS OF THE NORWEGIAN ARTIST, AND SHADOWS (1978), FROM WARHOL'S MONUMENTAL SHADOWS SERIES. IN THE 1970s WARHOL EMBARKED ON A REMARKABLE AND AMBITIOUS PROJECT, CREATING 102 PAINTINGS BASED ON EIGHT PHOTOGRAPHS OF SHADOWS THAT HE HAD TAKEN IN HIS STUDIO. THE RESULT IS A COMPELLING AND ALMOST HYPNOTIC SERIES, DRIFTING INTO THE ABSTRACT.
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