AndyWarhol/ Wilde Rokken: Art as Textile

Andy Warhol, The Textiles reveals a lesser-known side of Andy Warhol and is on display in the Netherlands for the first time. Even before his worldwide fame as a pioneer of Pop Art, Warhol designed playful and experimental fabrics for fashion and interiors in the 1950s. Through repetition, powerful lines, and playful motifs—from ice cream sundaes and toffee apples to colorful buttons, sliced ​​lemons, pretzels, and leaping clowns—he explored how visual language changes when it is multiplied, worn, and becomes part of everyday life.
Wilde rokken. Cobra Art as Textile showcases textiles designed by members of the Cobra movement and produced by Dutch textile printers. In the years following the Second World War, manufacturers asked artists to translate their avant-garde paintings into repeatable patterns for clothing and interior textiles. They presented these collaborations as prime examples of innovative printing and textile techniques.The exhibition features fabrics by the Dutch artists Constant, Corneille, Anton Rooskens, and Karel Appel, as well as by the Belgian artist Anne Bonnet.The fabrics ultimately became commercially and culturally successful, both in the Netherlands and abroad.
Entry is free for holders of a Musuemjaarkaart.