Heather James is proud to exhibit a broad selection of artworks by Andy Warhol covering three decades from the 1950s through the 1980s. The premier Pop artist, Warhol is as much known for his portraits as his depictions of consumer products; in his hands they speak to the same beating heart of what it means to be and to become American. For Warhol, any object, any person could be worthy for his art. 

This exhibition synthesizes the process that Warhol used to create his works and the work’s subject matter to show how Warhol exposed the beliefs of American society. Warhol’s oeuvre (or body of work) becomes profound commentary on fame, capitalism, death, culture, society, and politics. 

While some may accuse Warhol of a glib approach to art, his methods and approach expanded our ideas of art while also asking us to question what all of it meant. What is art and life under consumerism? The danger of man becoming machine is juxtaposed against the joy of things. Glamorous and striking, these ambiguous works remind us that Warhol had more cutting insight into American society, many issues with which we are still grappling to the present day.