Even in death, Kurt Cobain remains the scraggly haired symbol of the Seattle grunge music movement and the poster child for youthful rebellion and angst — his suicide at age 27 punctuating that emotion.
And Andy Warhol remains one of the most recognizable pop artists of the 20th Century.
The lives of Cobain and Warhol are explored and examined through art as the Seattle Art Museum opens two concurrent exhibits on Thursday: “Kurt” and “love fear pleasure lust pain glamour death — Andy Warhol Media Works”
The “Kurt” exhibit will feature about 80 pieces including paintings, sculpture, photography, collage and video that offer artists’ interpretations of the kind of themes the Nirvana frontman represented, such as freedom, loss and confusion.
Warhol is known for his large poster print images of the Campbell’s soup can and Marilyn Monroe. But the pop icon also produced lots of photographs and films.
The Warhol exhibit consists of more than 80 pieces of Polaroids, photo booth strips, stitched photographs and screen tests that date from the 1960s through the 1980s.
“Kurt” and “love fear pleasure lust pain glamour death — Andy Warhol Media Works” are on view from Thursday through Sept. 6 at Seattle Art Museum, 1300 First Ave., Seattle.
Admission is $15 for adults, $12 for seniors and $9 for students and youth. Children 12 and under are free.
For more information go to www.seattleartmuseum.org.
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