Bratr Andyho Warhola se vypravil na Slovensko / Andy Warhol’s brother visits Slovakia

A Slovak-American Andy Warhol, the key figure in a movement called Pop art is no longer with us; but his older brother John Warhol still enjoys this world and keeps Andy’s legacy going. Not only does he regularly check up on Warhol’s museum in Slovakia (in Medzilaborce) but he also annually gives $15,000 to $25,000 to fund various artistic projects of young talented artists. The museum was built in 1987, 4 years after Warhol’s death. It currently shows about 160 of his pieces. Besides this museum there is another one like it, also devoted solely to Andy Warhol’s works. It is located in Pittsburgh and currently shows about 12,000 (!!) of Warhol’s paintings (that guy kept himself busy…).

Andy Warhol (or Andrej Varchola)was born in the US but both of his parents are “pure-bread” Slovaks from a village called Mikova.

CZ: Slovako-American Andy Warhol, ktery prakticky zacal umelecky smer Pop Artu jiz – jak uz vsichni vime – na zivu neni. Jeho starsi bratr Jan se ale ma stale k svetu a zaplnuje si cas tim, ze propaguje zivot a dilo sveho zesnuleho bratra. Co tedy dela? Nejenze cas za cas navstivi (a take zkontroluje) funkci slovenskeho muzea Andyho Warhola v Medzilaborce, ale take rocne venuje $15.000 az $25.000 na konto mladych umelcu. Muzeum bylo zrizeno roku 1987, tedy 4 roky po Warholove smrti. Nyni vystavuje kolem 160ti Andyho obrazu. Dalsi muzeum ktere je venovano exkluzivne tvorbe Andyho Warhola je situovane v Pittsurghu, USA; toto muzeum ovsem vystavuje vice nez 12,000 Andyho kousku….

Source:

http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/magazin/vytvarne/index_view.php?id=270751

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Warhol