Andy Warhol

Went to see Andy Warhol / Supernova at the AGO, subtitled Stars, Deaths and Disasters. Curated by David Cronenberg - with his smooth narration on the audioguide - the show was interesting, albeit a little short and repetitive. The familiar silk screens are there, including the AGO's own Elvis as well as Elizabeth Taylor and Jackie Kennedy. The exhibition covers work from 1962-1964 and shows 4 looping films - each running 8 hours or more - so what you see depends on when you go. When I started my tour, girls were eating bananas on a couch, half an hour later there was explicit gay sex.

I especially loved 2 pieces: Andy's photo portrait, by artist Robert Mapplethorpe taken in 1986 only a year before Andy died, and a gorgeous silk screen print in the second room that showed a woman who had fallen from a building onto the roof of a car. She was lying on her back, perfectly intact in a delicate position, with the roof of the car poetically rumpled around her. Stars, Deaths and Disasters indeed.