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Article: CHRYSLER EXHIBIT OF WARHOL'S ART SHOWS HIS SPIRITUAL SIDE.(DAILY BREAK)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- January 9, 1999
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Byline: GLEN ELSASSER, CHICAGO TRIBUNE
ANDY WARHOL captured the 1960s in all its giddy heights of narcissism, exhibitionism and consumerism - an artistic quest that made an indelible impression on popular culture and brought him celebrity and wealth. Now, nearly a dozen years after his death, Warhol's little-known spiritual side has emerged from an underexplored body of the Pop artist's works.
A pious Catholic, Warhol produced more than 100 drawings, prints and paintings with religious themes. Among them are a monumental series of at least 40 paintings inspired by the familiar ``Last Supper'' of Leonardo da Vinci that Berkeley art historian Jane Daggett ...