ASPEN ART MUSEUM Summer Magazine 2021

ASPEN ART MUSEUM Shopping at the Aspen Art Museum

ANDY WARHOL: LIFETIMES

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POSSESSION OBSESSION

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“BUYING IS MUCH MORE AMERICAN THAN THINKING AND I’M AS AMERICAN AS THEY COME.” Andy Warhol

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1 Now Aspen, In An All New Fab , Vol. 1 No. 3 designed by Andy Warhol and David Dalton, 1966—US$1,800 2 Round Cat Rug from the Seletti Wears Toiletpaper collection—US$1,400 3 Mirror Gold Frame Lipsticks by Toiletpaper—US$850 4 Cian McConn, Fist Candle Holder—US$50 5 John W. Smith, Possession Obsession: Andy Warhol and Collecting , 2002 — US$150 6 Waist Bag with Snakes by Toiletpaper—US$125 7 Rob Pruitt, Panda Collection #3 , 2021 — US$55,000 8 Black and White Panda Balloon—US$10 9 Carlos Reyes, PROMESA (Sarah) , 2021 — US$5,000

Possession Obsession Borrowing its title from John W. Smith’s book Possession Obsession: Andy Warhol and Collecting (2002), this specially cu- rated new store is inspired by aspects of both Warhol’s work and his persona —including his passion for collecting unlikely antiquities, jewelry and cookie jars that he found on his daily trawl through antique stores, galleries and flea markets. Warhol’s collecting— which, according to Smith, is another facet to his artistic practice—offers great insight into his interests, tastes and wider ideas on art. Very much in this spirit, the Possession Obsession shop brings together the expensive with the inexpensive, playfully engaging with ideas of high and mass culture, as well as cultural definitions of taste and kitsch. Items for sale range from animal balloons and stickers, to tableware and clothing, through to leather shoppers by Medea and contemporary artworks by

The Store The Store is a total reimagining of the shop at Aspen Art Museum by the artist Jonathan Berger. At once an exhibition, meeting point, archive and commercial enterprise, it includes a dazzlingly eclectic array of more than 350 objects encompassing the found, made, old, new, one-of-a-kind and mass-produced. From feather dusters to chandeliers, some items are not for sale while others range from free to US$50,000.

internationally acclaimed artists includ- ing Keren Cytter, Hadi Fallahpisheh, Sharif Farrag, Goshka Macuga, Rob Pruitt, Carlos Reyes, Giles Round and Kelly Wall, amongst others.

AAM members receive 10% off most purchases in The Store & Possession Obsession! Visit in person or scan the QR codes below.

thestore. aspenartmuseum.org

aspenartmuseum. org/possession- obsession

Left Courtesy of Medea—US$450–900

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