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Revolver Gallery is based in Los Angeles, California, and focuses on Andy Warhol's pop art[1] career. Revolver Gallery hosted Canada's largest exhibition of Andy Warhol's original works [2], and was the first gallery to put Warhol's 1974 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow on display for the public.[3]

The gallery was originally founded in 2012 by entrepreneur Ron Rivlin[4]. With over 200 original works, it is home to the largest "gallery-owned" collection of Andy Warhol worldwide. [5]

Artists

Revolver Gallery deals almost exclusively in the life and works of Andy Warhol.

However, their newest Bergamot Station location showed a collaboration with Keith Haring, a homage by Deborah Kass, and a reproduction by Warhol's printmaker, Rupert Jasen Smith.

Exhibition Locations

Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA

Toronto, Canada

Revolver Gallery ran an exhibition titled Andy Warhol Revisited: A Mirror For Today in the Yorkville neighborhood of Toronto, Canada. The exhibition was on display from July 1st to December 31st, 2015. [6] By collaborating with museums, the Andy Warhol Foundation, Christie's, and private collectors, Revolver Gallery exhibited over 120 original works of Andy Warhol. This exhibition stands as the largest grouping of Warhol's work ever shown in Canada. [2]

Vancouver, Canada

Revolver Gallery, in collaboration with the Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts, showed the A Different Idea of Love exhibition in Yaletown, Vancouver. [7] The exhibition was located in the Maison A1 Warehouse, and co-presented with Maison A1's Christopher Dohm. [8] With around 80 of Warhol's works, this exhibition was considered the largest Warhol collection ever displayed in Canada--until Revolver Gallery surpassed itself with its next show in Toronto. It was originally scheduled to be shown for the month of March, 2015, but was extended by popular demand to April 28, 2015. [9]

POP International Gallery, New York

Andy Warhol: Icons & Symbols was on display in POP International Gallery, in SoHo, New York from November 6th, 2013 to January 1st, 2014. Jeff Jaffe, owner and founder of Pop International Galleries, collaborated with Revolver Gallery to feature over 40 works their collection for this exhibition. [10]

Beverly Hills, California

Revolver Gallery showcased Warhol's works in their Beverly Hills location from 2013-2016. In 2013, Revolver Gallery simultaneously exhibited Icons & Symbols in their own location on Charleville Blvd., Beverly Hills, and at the Viceroy L'Ermitage Beverly Hills Hotel throughout the summer. [11] Seda Baghdasarian co-curated a Andy Warhol: Icons & Symbols exhibition with Revolver for display in the Malibu Lumber Yard Gallery, at the Civic Center, from August 31st to October 13th, 2013. [12] Andy Warhol's Ten Prolific Jews exhibited from Sep 16th – Nov 29th 2013. [13] Andy's Socialites was shown between March 25th to May 2nd, 2014. [14] Gotti on Trial was on display from June 20th to July 21st, 2014. [15]


Notable Pieces Shown

1974 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow

Keith Haring's Andy Mouse

Four original screenprints by Keith Haring, depicting Andy Warhol as Mickey Mouse on a dollar bill. The screenprints are 38 x 38" each, made with Andy Warhol in 1986. [16] A quote by Haring, equating Warhol to the cultural symbol of Mickey Mouse:

It’s like treating him [Warhol] like he was part of American culture, like Mickey Mouse was. That he himself had become a symbol, a sign for something complete, universally understandable. He sort of made this niche for himself in the culture. As much as Mickey Mouse had…putting him on a dollar bill was just making him even more like an icon or part of the American dream.

–from Haring, Warhol, Disney [17]


Campbell's Soup Wooden Box

John Giotti Unique Portfolio

Press


References

  1. ^ https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/themes/pop-art
  2. ^ a b https://m.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-canada-s-largest-andy-warhol-exhibition-ever
  3. ^ https://www.artsy.net/show/revolver-gallery-andy-warhol-revisited-thirty-years-later-los-angeles
  4. ^ http://artillerymag.com/events/revolver-gallery-presents-andy-warholrevisited/
  5. ^ http://www.laweekly.com/event/revolver-gallery-presents-andy-warhol-revisited-7868325
  6. ^ http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwart/article/Revolver-Gallery-to-Bring-ANDY-WARHOL-REVISITED-Exhibition-to-Toronto-July-1-20150519
  7. ^ http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/rare-andy-warhol-originals-on-display-in-vancouver-1.2976794
  8. ^ http://m.digitaljournal.com/a-and-e/arts/andy-warhol-exhibit-a-different-idea-of-love-to-visit-vancouver/article/426364
  9. ^ http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2015/04/free-andy-warhol-exhibition-extended-april-28/
  10. ^ http://www.downtownmagazinenyc.com/andy-warhol-39483/
  11. ^ http://losangeles.eventful.com/events/andy-warhol-icons-symbols-beverly-hills-lerm-/E0-001-058099589-2
  12. ^ http://www.malibutimes.com/malibu_life/article_1decb1e0-2027-11e3-8316-001a4bcf887a.html
  13. ^ https://www.artsy.net/show/revolver-gallery-andy-warhols-ten-prolific-jews
  14. ^ http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/andys-socialites---16-warhol-portraits-on-display-at-revolver-gallery---march-25th-249869021.html
  15. ^ https://patch.com/california/beverlyhills/gotti-on-trial-andy-warhol-art-exhibition--revolver-gallery-bh
  16. ^ http://www.haring.com/!/art-work/576#.WPf4r_QrLrc
  17. ^ http://www.christies.com/features/Haring-and-Warhol-5831-1.aspx


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