"We Are All Warhol's Children": Andy's Afterlife as a Rusyn
Lecture by Elaine Rusinko
Dr. Elaine Rusinko of UMBC's Department of Modern Languages, Linguistics & Intercultural Communication will speak on "'We Are All Warhol's Children': Andy's Afterlife as a Rusyn Icon, with an introduction and discussion by Dr. Preminda Jacob of the Department of Visual Arts.
Andy Warhol is the world's most famous American of Carpatho-Rusyn ancestry. The icons of the Ruthenian Byzantine Catholic Church were his first exposure to art. His unexpected death in 1987 was followed by the fall of communism in Eastern Europe and the rise of the Rusyn movement for identity, which embraced the flamboyant pop-artist, filmmaker, and jet setter as their iconic figurehead. From their own idiosyncratic perspective, the traditional, religious, provincial Rusyns have reconstructed our image of Andy Warhol, pointing up aspects of the artist that have gone largely unnoticed. In a reciprocal process, Andy has had a significant impact on the Rusyn movement and on the recognition of Rusyns worldwide.
Sponsored by UMBC's Department of Modern Languages, Linguistics & Intercultural Communication and the Department of Visual Arts.
6 pm, Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery. Admission is free.