EDMONTON.- The Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) kicks of an exciting summer season with the opening of ANDY WARHOL: Manufactured and SARAH FULLER: My Banff on Saturday, May 28.

ANDY WARHOL: Manufactured reveals the complex personality of one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, the “father of Pop”, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928–February 22, 1987). The exhibition explores Warhol’s interest in American consumer culture, mass production, celebrity and the invention of personas and realities, taking visitors beyond the surface, beyond the commercial and into the world that Warhol so carefully manufactured.

This important exhibition features work from the artist’s personal collection, spanning every decade of the artist’s career, including early drawings and commercial illustrations, iconic work of the 1960s and works just prior to his death in 1987, such as the major piece The Last Supper. The exhibition features rarely exhibited drawings, large-scale, iconic works on canvas, as well as Polaroid portraits, Heinz ketchup boxes and small-scale sculptures. Also included are Warhol’s portraits of Elizabeth Taylor, Jacqueline Kennedy and Judy Garland and several selections from the Campbell’s Soup series. An emphasis on media offers a broad perspective on Warhol’s work, ranging from performance-based works, to voyeur-inspired video recordings, to works created for the commercial market.

ANDY WARHOL: Manufactured is curated by Julie Decker and organized by the Anchorage Museum in Anchorage, Alaska with works on loan from The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.