Pop in Dialogue: Andy Warhol and Edgardo Giménez

The year is 1956. Andy Warhol is a commercial artist living in New York City, creating illustrations for I. Miller, a shoe company, while also publishing his own illustration books. Edgardo Giménez has just been hired as a courier by an advertising agency in Buenos Aires, but his illustrations will soon grab attention and make him one of the most sought-after graphic designers in Argentina.

Pop in Dialogue presents works by Warhol and Giménez, two icons of the Pop art movement in the United States and Argentina, and places them in dialogue to demonstrate how the Pop aesthetic—a focus on imagery from popular culture in a bright, bold graphic style developed in the 1960s—was embraced globally. Although Warhol and Giménez never met, they were part of the global network of artists and critics that exchanged and inspired ideas throughout the 1960s and ’70s. Warhol’s prints showcase how themes of popular culture and celebrity icons that define his oeuvre and the Pop aesthetic were present in his illustrations as early as the 1950s, while Giménez’s posters exemplify his imaginative and humorous use of the photomontage technique to promote his artistic skills. Pop in Dialogue invites us to consider Pop art from a global perspective and explore the eccentric, whimsical, and colorful worlds of Warhol and Giménez.

Pop in Dialogue is curated by Deniz Bora, TUAG Graduate Fellow (MA’25).

Image: Edgardo Miguel Gimenez. Las Panteras, 1966.