Catalina Museum for Art & History’s Pop Icons Exhibit
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Celebrating Influential Artists and Cultural Movements
The must-see Pop Icons exhibit at The Catalina Museum for Art & History is now running through April 13th, 2025. The exhibit features some of the most celebrated works by influential artists of the 20th Century within the Pop Art Movement drawing from the celebrated Sweeney Art Gallery Collection at UCR ARTS at the University of California, Riverside.
High Priestess of Soul, music artist, Nina Simone said that artists have a duty to reflect the times in which they live. To do so can be revolutionary and culture shifting… The Pop Icons exhibit brings works from the 1950s-1970s by artists whose influence continues to shape visual culture today. From legendary influencers like Andy Warhol’s 1985 screen print of Queen Elizabeth II to his Campbell’s Soup series; the thought-provoking pieces by Sister Corita Kent and her use of text, religious and political messages that are especially relevant today. The exhibition also includes works from renowned Pop Art figures such as Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg and Claes Oldenburg.
“These artists and their works have entered the lexicon of pop culture, which gave the movement its name, even if people have not seen the works as the artist originally intended. That is why it is always so exciting to bring works by these icons of American art to new environments and audiences,” said exhibition curator, Timothy LeBlanc.
About Catalina Museum for Art & History
The Catalina Museum for Art & History offers the best in art and history exhibitions, music and dance performances, lectures by guest speakers from all over the world and the finest in silent, documentary and international film. The museum is located in the heart of Avalon at 217 Metropole Avenue. For ticket information and museum hours the museum may be reached by phone at 310-510-2414 or at its website: CatalinaMuseum.org.
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