Exhibition turns spotlight on Andy Warhol’s origins

The US pop artist said he was from ‘nowhere’ while believing he was ‘Czechoslovak’ — but Warhol’s family history isn’t so black and white

Arts & Leisure

Guest Writer | 24.01.2011

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Andy Warhol, seen here with playwright Tennessee Williams in 1967, was ‘ashamed’ of his roots, says Factory collaborator Paul Morrissey (background), but curators of a new exhibit say the artist was proudly ‘Czechoslovak,’ though his heritage was Rusyn

Were Andy Warhol’s ancestors in fact Czechoslovakian? Or even Slovak? The first-generation American artist’s ties to the lands of his forebears are the focus of a new exhibition at the Prague gallery Dvorak Sec Contemporary, simply titled “Andy Warhol and Czechoslovakia,” which sheds new light on his heritage and feelings about his origins.

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