Exhibit: Billy Name Photographs February 4, 2010

The “Warhol & Pop Art” exhibition, now showing at the Las Cruces Museum of Art, includes photographs by noted photographer, and member of the Warhol entourage, Billy Name. Name was Andy Warhol’s in-house photographer and he recorded daily life at Warhol’s studio, the Factory.

In 1963, at the request of Andy Warhol, Billy Name began documenting life at the Factory, where he also lived. Name’s photographs offer rare insight into the glamorous life lead by Warhol and his associates. “We are excited to include Billy Name’s work in this exhibition,” said Museum Manager Lisa Pugh. “It offers us a behind-the-scenes look at Warhol’s New York City studio and his ‘Superstars’.” Name was also responsible for the silver decorating scheme of the Factory.

Organized by the Las Cruces Museum of Art, “Warhol & Pop Art,” features twenty works by Andy Warhol as well as art by Robert Rauschenberg, Jim Dine, and Roy Lichtenstein, is on display from Friday, February 5 through Saturday, April 3. Photographs by Billy Name are on loan from the artist and are available for sale through the Museum of Art.

Funded by the City of Las Cruces, the Las Cruces Museum of Art is located at 491 N. Main Street, at the north end of the downtown mall. Exhibits are accessible and free of charge. For information, call (575) 541-2137 or visit the website http://museums.las-cruces.org