Pepsi Primetime @ the Museum presents a comprehensive documentary about one of the world’s most significant pop artists, Andy Warhol, at Tamástslikt Cultural Institute in Pendleton on Wednesday, Oct. 9 at 6 p.m.
Originally shown in the United Kingdom, Andy Warhol – The Complete Picture profiles the life and career of pop artist Andy Warhol, starting with his early years in Pittsburgh to his death in 1987.
The film includes interviews with many of his former colleagues and hangers-on to get a sense of the man. They even talked to Warhol’s brother as he talks about a shy frail boy who collected movie star photos. Through the interviews, viewers get a sense of Warhol’s obsessions with celebrity, sex, and death. However, a complete picture of Warhol, as the title suggests, is impossible. Warhol worked diligently to produce a brand name, a public persona to interact with the outside world. It’s as if he wanted just the message and none of his own personality in his product. Even his autobiography was ghostwritten.
While the public part of Warhol enjoyed the years of hippy anarchy at the Factory and the years of disco excess at Studio 54, that private part seemed content to take notes. The chronology of Warhol and his band of artists, actors, and other freaks known as his “superstars” is quite complete and detailed with bits of trivia thrown in.
The event is presented in conjunction with Tamastslikt’s current exhibit, ‘Andy Warhol: Cowboys & Indians, the last series of prints published before the artist’s death.
Pepsi Primetime @ the Museum is free and open to the public. Complimentary refreshments will be served. For more information, contact Tamástslikt Cultural Institute at (541) 966-9748.
