'Faces: Selections from the Permanent Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art' brings together classic works of Pop Art from the UMFA's permanent collection, as well as more recent works influenced by Pop, with a focus on the human face and figure. Many works in the exhibition take the form of portraits, such as Alex Katz's series of screen prints depicting young people in the 1970s, or ironic self-portraiture, as in Robert Arneson's Untitled Trophy (Bust Of Bob) (1978). 'Faces' also includes a series of Andy Warhol's Polaroid portraits, a recent gift from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, on view for the first time.
Added by Upcoming Robot on October 9, 2010