Letters to Andy Warhol

Cadillac and The Andy Warhol Museum have partnered to create the exhibition titled Letters to Andy Warhol, which will be showing in Miami's Design District Palm Court, second floor, from February 3 – February 12, 2017. The collaborative project between the brand and the cultural institution celebrates Warhol's legacy through imaginative, co-created content and experiences. The exhibition features rarely seen material from the museum's archive, including artwork and Warhol's personal correspondence, plus artistic contributions from several modern-day cultural creators. The works explore recurring themes from the Warhol's body of work such as the blurring of art and commerce and the trials of fame. The result is an examination of not only Warhol, the American icon, but also Warhol the multi-faceted, sensitive and ambitious artist who reached for inspiration across the colliding worlds of fashion, music, media, art and celebrity. Letters to Andy Warhol focuses on five letters to or from Yves Saint Laurent, Mick Jagger, the Museum of Modern Art, the New York State Department of Public Works and a mutual friend of his and Truman Capote that offer a glimpse into Warhol's most personal experiences and relationships. Each letter has also inspired artistic contributions and experiences from a roster of talent including: Chiara Clemente featuring Sienna Miller, Zac Posen, David LaChapelle, Aimee Mullins, Nick Rhodes and Francesco Clemente; Brian Atwood and JJ Martin, Sean Lennon and Derek Blasberg. The exhibition also includes five artworks across varying mediums and techniques, and from different periods of Warhol's career, that all share Cadillac as the subject including: Four Male Costumed Full Figures, 1950s and Car, 1950s, were both works created as a commission for Harper's Bazaar; Cadillac, 1962 in graphite on sketchbook paper; Seven Cadillacs, 1962 depicts what is likely a 1963 Fleetwood (Special) four-door hardtop in black silkscreen ink on linen. And Sign (Keep Out) 1976-1986, 1986 consists of four gelatin silver photographs, machine-stitched in a grid with thread, picturing what is likely a 1983 Cadillac Coupe de Ville d'Elegance.