Warhol's Vesuvius (black) and Vesuvius (red) in Naples.

The two silkscreens “Vesuvius (black)” and “Vesuvius (red)” made by Andy Warhol, one of the greatest exponents of American Pop Art are on public display at Palazzo Zevallos Stigliano in Naples, home of Gallerie d’Italia until May 5, 2017.

The two works belong to the art collections of Intesa Sanpaolo and are part of a series Warhol created in 1985 on the occasion of an exhibition organized by gallery owner Lucio Amelio that was held at the Capodimonte Museum.

With the"Vesuvius" series, Andy Warhol intended to enhance the spectacularity and threatening aspect of a sudden eruption: for him, Vesuvius was something much bigger than a myth, it was something terribly real.

Source: press release

Warhol's Vesuvius (black) and Vesuvius (red) in Naples.

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