Continuing with their run of strong exhibitions featuring internationally-recognized artists, Prism brings one of the most famous artists of the 20th century to Hollywood. Opening this week is a show with works by Andy Warhol, concentrating on his late career black & white silk-screened paintings. Often overlooked in a career full of influential and iconic work, the late-’80s pieces feature sources Warhol has collected since the 1950s, including advertisements, maps, diagrams, and illustrations from magazines and newspapers. The polished and glossy images are brought down to ghostly, faded, and starkly monochrome abstractions by Warhol. The advertisement pieces are still particularly appropriate, given the setting and the massive amount of billboards, posters, and signs that bombard the Sunset Strip.
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