Acrylic paint and silkscreen on 2 canvases
Tate Modern
Tate Collection
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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>
Christ 998 negative and positive
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
adults
advertising
Bible: New Testament
Christ
Christianity
Christianity, Roman Catholicism
emotions, concepts and ideas
formal qualities
heating and lighting
history
icon
lifestyle and culture
light / lamp
man
objects
people
politics and society
politics: Cold War, post-1945
popular culture
religion and belief
religions
religious and ceremonial
repetition
society
painting acrylic paint silkscreen 2 canvases
3 April 2009 – 14 March 2010
2010-03-14
3 April 2009 – 14 March 2010
2010-03-14
2009-04-03
Tate Modern (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/
2009-04-03
Andy Warhol
Collection based display
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
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
Christ $9.98 (negative and positive)
support: 510 × 405 × 18 mm
support: 510 × 410 × 22 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 ‘Ads 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. Warhol was devoutly Catholic and was raised surrounded by religious iconography. This image of Christ relates to this theme but also the positive/negative aspect of to the diptych can be seen as echoing the Cold War conflict.</p>

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adults advertising Bible: New Testament Christ Christianity Christianity, Roman Catholicism emotions, concepts and ideas formal qualities heating and lighting history icon lifestyle and culture light / lamp man objects people politics and society politics: Cold War, post-1945 popular culture religion and belief religions religious and ceremonial repetition society