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Andy Warhol

Round Marilyn

  • Year1962
  • MaterialAcrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas
  • Year of acquisition2000
  • Inventory numberUAB 504
  • On viewGround floor
  • Copyright© 2023 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Haydar Koyupinar, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Munich

More about the artwork

In 1962, Andy Warhol discovered screen-printing for his art. By using this technique, he was able to serially integrate media images into his painting. Now a famous and often-copied portrait series, Warhol embarked on his paintings of the actress Marilyn Monroe after her death in the summer of 1962. He used a press photo for the film “Niagara” (1953); her idealized image is seductive and of breathtaking beauty. For three works in the series, he primed the canvas in gold; two of the works were created as tondos. The golden background, which in sacred art symbolizes the realm of the divine, bestows her with a quasi-religious aura. But Monroe’s sanctity had already been crushed at this point. Whether it was suicide or contract murder (still a matter of speculation today), her death was not least the product of a society that feasts on the fame of its stars as relentlessly as it indulged in their demise.

Further artworks

Cy Twombly, Untitled (Roses), 2008, UAB 643Rosensaal im Museum Brandhorst
Cy Twombly Untitled (Roses), 2008 Upper floor
Cy Twombly, Untitled (Lexington), 2001, UAB 654aus der Sammlung Brandhorst
Cy Twombly Untitled (Lexington), 2001 Upper floor
* Hierbei handelt es sich um den Originaltitel des Künstlers. Pope.L legte den Begriff bewusst als rassistisch offen und machte damit insbesondere nicht-Schwarze Menschen auf strukturellen Rassismus und verbale Gewalt aufmerksam. Aus diesem Grund wurde der Originaltitel nicht verändert. Fotografie im Querformat, auf der ein Schwarzer Mann mit Brille in einem dunklen Anzug auf einer Straße in Richtung des/der Betrachter:in kriecht. In seiner Hand hält er einen kleinen Blumentopf mit einer gelben Blume. Am Straßenrand stehen Autos.
Pope.L How Much is that Nigger* in the Window a.k.a. Tompkins Square Crawl, 1991 Ground floor
Malerei mit dunkelgrünem Farbgrund, auf der linken Seite steht seitlich eine Frau in grauem Mantel und grauen Haaren und blickt über ihre linke Schulter zu den Betracher:innen.
Alex Katz Grey Coat, 1997 Ground floor
Cy Twombly, Untitled (Roses), 2008, UAB 647aus der Sammlung Brandhorst
Cy Twombly Untitled (Roses), 2008 Ground floor