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MAP@PLAZA opens exhibitions of
European and American Por Art
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Press Release
MAP@PLAZA opens exhibitions of European and American Por Art
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Opening
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
6:30 pm
Exhibition dates
Pop Art in the collection of IVAM
May 7-August 10, 2008
Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol
May 7-August 31, 2008
Hours
Schools and groups, by reservation
Monday through Friday
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
General public
Wednesday through Friday
12:00 p.m. - 7:00 pm
Saturdays
11:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Sundays
11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Shop
Every day
11:00 a.m. – closing hours
Location
Third level of the central atrium of Plaza Las Américas
shopping mall in San Juan, Puerto Rico
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Roy Lichtenstein
Woman: Sunlight, Moonlight, 1996
39 5/8 x 25 x 1 1/8 ”
edition of 6
© Estate of Roy Lichtenstein
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MAP@PLAZA opens exhibitions of European and American Por Art
San Juan, Puerto Rico – The walls of
MAP@PLAZA, the venue of Museo de Arte de Ponce at the Plaza
Las Américas shopping mall in San Juan, will be filled
with colors and interesting shapes beginning May 7, with the
opening of the exhibitions Pop Art in the collection of
IVAM and Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol, which
will feature around 70 of the most important European and American
Pop Art works.
Pop Art in the collection of IVAM is an exhibition
conceded to and with the commissariat of Institut Valencià
d’Art Modern (IVAM). The selection of works to be exhibited
at MAP@PLAZA includes paintings, sculptures, engravings and
photographs created prior to 1949 –before the movement
received its name in England during the early 1950´s-
through the year 2000. Around 27 artists from Spain, England,
Germany, France and the United States are represented in this
show. Among them, the following can be highlighted: Eduardo
Arroyo, Alberto Greco, Richard Hamilton, Jasper Johns, Yves
Klein, Claes Oldenburg, Sigmar Polke, Richard Prince, Robert
Rauschenberg, Gerhard Richter, James Rosenquist, Cindy Sherman
and the groups Equipo Crónica and Equipo Realidad.
The CEO and Director of Museo de Arte de Ponce, Agustín
Arteaga, Ph.D, explained that Pop Art in the collection of IVAM
“is one of the most relevant Pop Art collections in Europe
and the most important one in Spain. Our museum feels very satisfied
of being able to show this broad selection of fundamental art
works , which will help our visitors to understand better the
magnitude and international importance of this significant artistic
movement”.
On the other hand, Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol,
organized by Museo de Arte de Ponce, will show at the project
room of MAP@PLAZA twelve works by the two pioneers of Pop
Art. Some of the works that will be a part of the parallel
show will be the iconic series of engravings of Campbell’s
Soup by Warhol, and Woman: Sunlight, Moonlight
by Lichtenstein, among others. This exhibition was organized
in collaboration with the Estate of Roy Lichtenstein, the Roy
Lichtenstein Foundation, Jordan Schnitzer, the Jordan Schnitzer
Family Foundation and Fundación Ángel Ramos.
In reference to the simultaneous presentation of both exhibitions
at MAP@PLAZA, Arteaga added that it will also allow the public
to get to know better “the differences and parallelisms
in the development of Pop Art in diverse countries
and among different generations of artists. Furthermore, they
will learn the cultural, ideological and artistic impact of
such movement and its prevalence in the contemporary field”.
Pop Art in the collection of IVAM will remain open
to the public through August 10 and will be accompanied by a
hard cover and bilingual catalogue (Spanish- English) published
by IVAM, which will be available at the museum’s shop.
Meanwhile, Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol will be
on view until August 31.
As part of these exhibitions, the Department of Education at
the museum, has organized a broad itinerary of activities including
workshops, special tours, film screenings, and talks, among
others.
For further information on the exhibition, please call 787.200.7090
or 787.848.0505. You may also contact MAP´s Education
Department at 787.840.1510 or write to educacion@museoarteponce.org
for details. General admission: adults: $5.00 + tax; children
under 12, students with ID and senior citizens: $2.50 + tax.
MAP members, clergies and impaired visitors: free of charge.
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Equipo Crónica
Guernica
1971
Serigraph on paper
30 x 140.7”
Collection Institut
Valencià d’Art Modern,
Donation Manuel Valdés
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