Andy Warhol a maintenant sa statue!

Un sanctuaire? Quand même pas... Symboliquement, la statue est située près de "The Factory", l'ancien atelier de Warhol.

"Uptown, art lovers were bidding as much as $38.4 million this week for Andy Warhol’s early paintings. Downtown, where Mr. Warhol reigned for years as a pop artist-provocateur, things were considerably different.

Fans of the wraith-like Warhol now have a statue of their man standing in a mini-park, near his former studio at Broadway and 17th. The sculptor Rob Pruitt, who calls his subject the “godfather of the downtown scene,” created “The Andy Monument” for the Public Art Fund and the Union Square Partnership.

The statue, which looks a bit like the young Mr. Warhol dipped in silver paint, is fast becoming a favorite downtown attraction. One visitor said she thought it was one of those painted humans who startle tourists in Times Square. She kept waiting for The Andy to move.

For Warholians, a more loyal army of fans, the statue is a shrine. And within days after it appeared, they began adapting the monument in that organic way that is so much a part of the city ethos. One day there was a box of Brillo pads at The Andy’s feet. Last weekend there were cans of Campbell’s tomato soup, including one that had “Andy for President” added to the label."

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/14/opinion/14sat4.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha211