Tokyo is abuzz as Espace Louis Vuitton opens Andy Warhol – Serial Portraits, a dazzling exhibition that dives into the ever-changing persona of the Pop Art icon. Part of the Fondation Louis Vuitton’s Hors-les-Murs program, the show brings rare and unseen works to audiences across the globe, from Munich to Venice to Seoul.
Warhol was a master of reinvention, filmmaker, TV host, magazine editor, and, of course, the king of silkscreens. Yet behind the celebrity spectacle lay a fascination with identity itself.
The exhibition charts his playful, provocative exploration of selfhood: from early 1950s sketches in ballpoint pen to the quirky, disheveled photo booth self-portraits of the 1960s, and onto the meticulous Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century. Every piece reveals his genius for blending intimacy with mass media, turning friends, stars, and even himself into icons.
Rarely seen works and personal sketches offer a glimpse into Warhol’s world of disguise, invention, and experimentation.This exhibition is an invitation to witness the mind of an artist who shaped modern culture and never stopped reinventing himself.
Step inside, and you’re in the world of Andy Warhol, where identity is art, and art is everything.
