Security was plentiful -- both inside and out. An officer out front was shouting at us that all bags were to be checked. No cell phones, no pagers, no cameras of any kind would be permitted inside. Okay then.

Since copies of Wahol's pictures can be found all over the intenet, we'll present some samples of items that were in the show -- which spans everything from his early sketches, to a phase where he used gold leaf, to the portrait series, and even some films. We opted to not take the additional cost audio tour, and just take it at our own pace.

Dianne and I have a working knowledge of Andy Warhol, who became famous during the Pop Art movement of the 60's, as an artist, and then as a Celebrity hobnobber and party-goer -- and then as a celebrity himself. His silk-screened portraits of Hollywood stars and other famous people, using bold and bizarre colors would be what I would consider his most famous work. In fact, our Museum Madness logo is a tribute to the influences of Andy Warhol.

[above] The pictures of Marilyn Monroe, Liz Taylor, Liza Minnelli, Mick Jagger, and Elvis Presley have become 'classic' Andy Warhol.

[below] Not having viewed them in person before, I was struck by how large many of the works are. the picture of Mao Zedong is huge! 10ft wide by about 15ft high

Warhol's use of product labels, and familiar icons including Campbell's soup, Coca-Cola bottles, S&H Green Stamps, and U.S. Currency have become world famous.

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