«IT'S CALLED GOSSIP AND OF COURSE AND IT'S AN OBSESSION OF MINE»- ANDY WARHOL

«Unlike the subjects of his many of his famous portraits from the 1960s and 1970s, Warhol never met a single one of his Jewish “sitters.” All the images in the exhibit were taken from random sources ranging from passport photos to film stills, which are on display next to the portraits. Some of the portraits are also accompanied by preparatory drawings and collages. The source photographs, drawings and collages have not been exhibited alongside the portraits until now.

Revisiting Warhol’s Jews was an important and worthy exercise—especially considering how much more playful Jewish culture has become in the U.S. since 1980. The idea that the religious iconography is inseparable from the pop culture in which it resides no longer seems controversial—well, maybe a little bit.»

Heeb magazine
March 26 2008