Andy Warhol | "Flowers and Black & White Flowers": Dastan +2

During nearly three decades (1964-1983), Andy Warhol (1928-1987) created several series of flower works. These series are some of the most well-known Warhol works, which along with his “Campbell’s Soup Cans”, brought him into spotlight as one of the pioneer artists of his time.

“Black and White Flowers” (1974) are some of the most representative works of how artworks were “produced” in the “Factory”. Warhol created these works based on images in a wallpaper catalogue and printed them using silk screen printing techniques. Nine works from this series are presented in this exhibition. After these works, Warhol printed similar images and colored them by hand using watercolor ink. Consequently, these works are unique and quite sought-after. One work from this series is presented in this show.

Warhol’s earliest flower series, which is also the most famous of all his flowers, was originally shown in his first solo exhibition at the “Leo Castelli Gallery” (New York) in 1964. This exhibition included 300 numbered copies of a color print based on the image of a hibiscus flower measuring 23”x23” and other larger works, almost converting the gallery to a flower shop. The same hibiscus flower image was used in 1970 to create ten similar color prints this time measuring 36”x36”. The color prints shown in this exhibition are from the Sunday B. Morning prints of the same series.