Acrylic paint and silkscreen on 2 canvases
Tate Collection
Works with images
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ARTIST ROOMS
National Heritage Memorial Fund
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/andy-warhol-2121" aria-label="More by Andy Warhol" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Andy Warhol</a>
Are You Different
ARTIST ROOMS
Acquired jointly with the National Galleries of Scotland through The d'Offay Donation with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Art Fund 2008
advertising
astronomy
body
emotions, concepts and ideas
formal qualities
head / face
inscriptions
lifestyle and culture
mysticism
people
popular culture
religion and belief
repetition
society
spirituality
star
symbols and personifications
title of work
painting acrylic paint silkscreen 2 canvases
27 March 2011 – 26 June 2011
2011-06-26
27 March 2011 – 26 June 2011
2011-06-26
2011-03-27
Southampton City Art Gallery (Southampton, UK)
http://www.southampton.gov.uk/leisure/arts
2011-03-27
ARTIST ROOMS 2011: Andy Warhol
Loan-out
24 September 2011 – 26 February 2012
2012-02-26
24 September 2011 – 26 February 2012
2012-02-26
2011-09-24
De La Warr Pavilion (Bexhill on Sea, UK)
http://www.dlwp.com/
2011-09-24
ARTIST ROOMS 2011: Andy Warhol
Loan-out
2 June 2012 – 13 January 2013
2013-01-13
2 June 2012 – 13 January 2013
2013-01-13
2012-06-02
Ferens Art Gallery (Hull, UK)
http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/museumcollections
2012-06-02
ARTIST ROOMS 2012: Warhol
Loan-out
8 February 2013 – 28 April 2013
2013-04-28
8 February 2013 – 28 April 2013
2013-04-28
2013-02-08
The MAC: Metropolitan Arts Centre (Belfast, UK)
2013-02-08
ARTIST ROOMS 2013: Andy Warhol
Loan-out
19 March 2016 – 12 June 2016
2016-06-12
19 March 2016 – 12 June 2016
2016-06-12
2016-03-19
Firstsite (Colchester, UK)
http://www.firstsite.uk.net/
2016-03-19
ARTIST ROOMS 2016: Andy Warhol
Loan-out
19 November 2016 – 16 April 2017
2017-04-16
19 November 2016 – 16 April 2017
2017-04-16
2016-11-19
Whitworth Art Gallery (Manchester, UK)
http://www.whitworth.man.ac.uk
2016-11-19
ARTIST ROOMS 2016: Andy Warhol
Loan-out
15 March 2025 – 29 June 2025
2025-06-29
15 March 2025 – 29 June 2025
2025-06-29
2025-03-15
MK Gallery (Milton Keynes, UK)
2025-03-15
Andy Warhol
Loan-out
Are You Different?
support: 510 × 410 × 20 mm
support: 512 × 410 × 20 mm
<a href="/search?gid=999999788" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">ARTIST ROOMS</a>
Acquired jointly with the National Galleries of Scotland through The d'Offay Donation with assistance from the <a href="/search?gid=999999967" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">National Heritage Memorial Fund</a> and the <a href="/search?gid=999999968" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Art Fund</a> 2008
<p>During the mid 1980s Warhol returned to the newspaper adverts that had informed his paintings of the early 1960s. He created a group of works called ‘Ad’s and Illustrations’ that differed from his photographic screenprints and highly stylised images of celebrities. They are mostly black and white and were created by tracing the original adverts by hand, which creates a looser, graphic quality. During the 1980s the U.S.A. was still in the depths of the Cold War. Within this context three themes emerge in these paintings: war, death and religion. This work is clearly spiritual, with light radiating from a star on the figure’s forehead and its soul-searching question. It also suggests Warhol’s personal insecurities about his appearance and enormous desire to ‘fit in’.</p>

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advertising astronomy body emotions, concepts and ideas formal qualities head / face inscriptions lifestyle and culture mysticism people popular culture religion and belief repetition society spirituality star symbols and personifications title of work