Andy Warhol is an essential figure in 20th century art. He studied illustration at Carnegie Mellon University and began a successful career as an advertising illustrator for magazines like Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar and The New Yorker. At the same time, he set about to explore painting, inspired by the world of cartoons and advertising. In 1963 he founded The Factory, a creative space where Warhol experimented with various techniques to produce his work in editions. The Factory attracted numerous celebrities and others with connections to the counterculture, including musicians, actors, directors and anonymous individuals from the marginal spheres of society. In New York, which was still celebrating the genius of Abstract Expressionists like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning, the emergence of Pop Art as led by Warhol was a challenge to the codes of artistic sacralisation. His Brillo boxes and Campbell Soup images were appropriations of everyday objects conceived to rework their value in a new context of artistic exhibition.
Below you can download the dossier of the emblematic work of the Suñol Soler Collection:
List of artworks
Fernando Vijande , 1983
Ladies and gentleman , 1975
Mao , 1972
Mao , 1972
Fernando Vijande , 1983
Ladies and gentleman , 1975
Mao , 1972
Continuum
Josep Suñol Collection
A journey through the last ninety years of artistic creation and offers an excellent platform for thinking about 20th-century...
5th Anniversary
Josep Suñol's Collection
A fresh insight into his collection that can help us understand the function of art in...
27 works, 18 artists
Josep Suñol Collection
27 pieces from the Josep Suñol Collection to help expand visitors’ knowledge of 20th-century...
Andy Warhol. Three Times Out
2023
The Fundació Suñol participates in the exhibition Andy Warhol. Three Times Out that the Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin organizes around the work of Andy Warhol, bringing together more...
Warhol. Mechanical Art
2017
Caixaforum Barcelona, Caixaforum Madrid and Museu Picasso...
27 works, 18 artists
This exhibition puts together 27 pieces from the Suñol Soler Collection with the aim of expanding knowledge of 20th century...
Les Escales
In 1976 Josep Suñol moved his residence to Les Escales, an address specially designed to house his growing collection of works of...
Guided tour to Known masterpieces
(Catalan)
Fundació Suñol organizes a visit in Catalan to the exhibtion Known Masterpieces conducted by the fundation’s...
Guided tours to Fernando Vijande. Portrait: 1971-1987
The Fundació Suñol organizes some commented tours for individual audience through the exhibition Fernando Vijande. Portrait:...
Fernando Vijande. Portrait: 1971-1987
José Luis Alexanco and Daniel Giralt-Miracle
José Luis Alexanco —artist and coorganizer of the exhibition— and Daniel Giralt-Miracle —art critic and historian— will lead a tour visit of Fernando Vijande. Portrait: 1971-1987 on Monday, February...
Per la cara!
Taller familiar
Amb motiu de l’exposició Vint rostres i tres multituds, el darrer acte del tríptic expositiu En tres actes, us proposem gaudir d’un taller per a tota la família on repensarem l’ús...
Open days
December 2017 and January 2018
Visit for free the current exhibition at the Fundació Suñol Fernando Vijande. Portrait: 1971-1987 to say goodbye to 2017 and salute the new year...
Fernando Vijande. Portrait: 1971-1987
José Luis Alexanco and Daniel Giralt-Miracle
José Luis Alexanco —artist and coorganizer of the exhibition— and Daniel Giralt-Miracle —art critic and historian— will lead a tour visit of Fernando Vijande. Portrait: 1971-1987 on Monday, February...
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