
Entranceway to Andy Warhol: Big Shot exhibition.
What more is there to say about the explosive, trendsetting work of Andy Warhol, the bad boy and sought-after mega star of the Pop Art movement in the 1960s? Dr. Francine Weiss, Newport Art Museum curator, stated, “For an artist interested in the appropriation, replication, and mechanical reproduction of images, the medium of photography was a natural choice.” This exhibition of Warhol’s photography and resulting prints, photographed with his Polaroid “Big Shot” and SX-70 cameras, validates Weiss’ claim…