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Andy Warhol:Other Voices,Other Room

January 05, 2009

The Adny Warhol exhibiton at the Southbank Centre is as provocative and colourful as one would expect. Upon entry you are met by his famous tributes to pop culture: Marilyn Monroe, Campbell's Soup can's, the Brillo boxes. The layout of the exhibition is complete organised chaos, with rows and rows of film, paintings, collage etc etc. Shockingly, it creates a sense of understanding (or at least realisation), of the true madness yet brilliance going through Warhol's mind. There is an array of mixed media, combined with very personal passport photos of Warhol and his closest friends/muses. Looking past the neon cows and addictive still footage of his 'projects' you find yourself in amongst 40 odd tv screens playing videos found in Warhol's 'Time Capsule' collections. With concentrated hearing one can gain a further insight into the confusing, albeit exhilerating, life of one of the most alluring and mesmerising artists of the 20th Century. On until 18th Janurary 2008.