Artist Rob Pruitt talks about Andy Warhol, soup cans, and his tribute to the artist: that 7-foot-tall, chrome-finished statue now in Union Square. Pruitt explains his piece and how Andy has inspired him, saying, "What propelled me to New York wasn't just the paintings of soup cans and Marilyn Monroe, etc, but the man himself. I knew that I wanted to live a similar life, and so I came to New York to pursue that dream. It's clear to me that so many of us come to New York to pursue a kind of Warholian dream, so I thought a monument to him... it would be something more than art, it would be like filling a void." (Are people still coming to New York to pursue a Warholian dream? Discuss.)
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Andy Warhol Gets Statue Near His Factory In Union Square
Andy Warhol is getting another extension on his 15 minutes with a life-size statue that went up this afternoon in front of his old Factory studio in Union Square (the one he was at in the 70s and early 80s). Artist Rob Pruitt unveiled The Andy Monument around 11 a.m., at 17th Street and Broadway. He was commissioned by the Public Art Fund to create the 10-foot-tall piece, who tell us it's just "down the street from another Union Square West Factory location, around the corner from Max’s Kansas City—a favorite Warhol haunt—and close to the spot where Warhol was shot by Valerie Solanas in 1968." Warhol would also often stand near this spot handing out copies of his magazine, Interview.
First Art Awards Get Guggenheim, Franco
New York artist Rob Pruitt just j'adores the Oscars. The red carpet, the flashing bulbs, the drawn-out speeches! But what's a conceptual artist to do when such award shows revolve around Hollywood A-listers? Create one for the art world, of course.
This week's Talk of the Town places focus on Pruitt's vision, which will become a reality this Thursday as his First Annual Art Awards takes over the Guggenheim.
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