Warhol

On the weekend I was invited to the private view of an Andy Warhol exhibition at the Southampton City Art Gallery due to my involvement with EjectorSeat Arts Festival 2011. The exhibition itself is a presentation of around 200 works in both the City Art Gallery and the John Hansard Gallery, I didn't get chance to see the latter on Saturday but I'll make sure to pay it a visit. 'The Factory' is the focal point of the right wing, based on Warhol's silver studio and on the left is the mass of prints and paintings from various points in his career, I had a very enjoyable time and that was mainly thanks to my plus one, the fabulous Sharon Lloyd! It didn't take long before Sharon was stopped to do a vox pop for a couple of first year media students, giving her opinion on the exhibition, but after that we had a nice catch up aided by a glass of white wine. As I hadn't been to a private view quite like this, I wasn't sure what to wear but as you can see below grey dominated with my trusty feather necklace to finish.

In a few months time, at the EjectorSeat Festival, I will be arranging a workshop between the City Art Gallery, the Festival, Solent University and possibly Winchester Fashion Week and the brief I have been sending out is as follows: 

Last year there was an absence of fashion related activities but this time around an exciting opportunity for fashion students and staff has emerged. The City Art and the John Hansard Galleries are co-staging a major exhibition of around two hundred works by Andy Warhol, taken from the ARTIST ROOMS collection, and will be one of the most significant art exhibitions in Southampton for generations. This is where the Solent’s Fashion team come in, an official and memorable connection between Solent, Ejector Seat Arts and this Andy Warhol exhibition is set to be formed at the festival. There is the definite opportunity for fashion styling and make up students to run workshops and styling the public under the Andy Warhol theme, for example transforming volunteers into characters from his prints. All looks created by students will be set to build up to a catwalk finale.

Images by K.L.V.