Andy Warhol is perhaps the most recognizable name in 20th century American art. One factor in his popularity is the many album covers he designed. As a graphic design artist, Warhol’s album works date back to the late 1940s.At the Cranbrook Art Museum in Bloomfield Hills, an extensive collection of Andy Warhol’s album art is on display through March 15th of next year. Current State’s Scott Pohl toured “Warhol on Vinyl: The Record Covers 1949-1987” with Curator of Contemporary Art and Design Laura Mott.
Cranbrook exhibits decades of Warhol album covers
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'Count Basie', 1955, was Andy Warhol's first celebrity portrait.
©2014 Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / ARS, New York, NY. Reproduced by permission of Sony Music Entertainment
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'The Velvet Underground and Nico', 1967. Notice that the band is not named on the original cover.
©2014 Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / ARS, New York, NY. Rights Holder: EMI Group Limited/Universal Music Group
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'Silk Electric' by Diana Ross, 1982. From a collage photo featuring Ross
©2014 Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / ARS, New York, NY. Reproduced by permission of Sony Music Entertainment
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'Menlove Ave.' by John Lennon, 1986.
©2014 Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / ARS, New York, NY. Rights Holder: EMI Group Limited/Universal Music Group
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'Warhol on Vinyl: The Record Covers 1949-1987' is at the Cranbrook Art Museum in Bloomfield Hills through March 15, 2015.
Scott Pohl, WKAR
