Andy Warhol, Mr.America.

As you can probably tell, this time of the year (mid-October) is quite intense… with events every day!

Tonight I went to the pre-viewing of the Andy Warhol exhibition at the MALBA. It is the first retrospective exhibition ever on the King of Pop Art in Argentina, and it will be presenting 170 of his masterpieces, including portraits of Marilyn, Jackie Kennedy, Lenin and Mao, the famous Campbell‘s painting, two films and self-pictures on Polaroids. Everything charmingly arranged by Philip Larrat-Smith and brought as a loan by the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, his home town.

I was struck by his portrait on Lenin, in red and black, because it unleashes violent vibrations, as if he were some kind of mefistófeles of power. I also enjoyed a tape showing a casting by Edie Sedgwick, who was one of his muses and an active piece of his studio The Factory, a kind of social lab reuniting the rich and the poor, the outcasts, the homo and the heterosexual. 

The exhibition will be open till February 22nd.

Among the local socialites, I‘d like to praise the beauty and grace of Clarisse, Eduardo Costantini‘s wife, wearing a beige dress, very elegant, and Louboutin shoes. 

Local artists were also there, such as Rogelio Polesello and Eduardo Pla.

Definitely a must-see event that will enrich your souls…