Tate Modern

15-11-2009
Tate Modern

Poplife

Art, media, business and a touch of glamour come together in Tate Modern's Pop Life: Art in a Material World exhibition. Investigating how contemporary artists have cultivated their own 'brands', Pop Life features work by Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin and Jeff Koons.

"Andy Warhol" Joseph Beuys 1980
Silkscreen ink and diamond dust on acrylic on canvas
101.6 x 101.6 cm

"Andy Warhol" Keith Haring and Juan Dubose 1983
Acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas
101.6 x 101.6 cm

"Andy Warhol" Jean-Michel Basquiat 1982
Acrylic, silkscreen ink and urine on canvas
101.6 x 101.6 cm

"Andy Warhol" Myths 1981
Acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas
254 x 254 cm

"Damien Hirst" The Kiss of Midas 2008
Butterflies, manufactured diamonds and enamel paint on canvas
152.4 x 152.4 cm

"Damien Hirst" False idol 2008
Calf, gold, gold-plated steel, glass, silicone, and formaldehyde solution with a Carrara marble plinth and a stainless steel plinth
259.6 x 195 x 103.3 cm

"Damien Hirst" Memories of / Moments with You 2008
Gold-plated steel and glass with manufactured diamonds
Diptych, each 91 x 137.2 x 10 cm

"Keith Haring" inside the Pop Shop 1986
Photo: Tseng Kwong Chi

"Martin Kippenberger" 8. Preis 1987
Lacquer and denim on canvas
180 x 150 cm

"Maurizio Cattelan" Untitled 2007
Taxidermy with glass fibre structure
160 x 90 cm
Installed at Museum fur Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt 2007
Private collection

"Piotr Uklanski" The Nazis 1998
164 chromogenic, black and white and colour photographs
Each 35.5 x 25.4 cm

"Takashi Murakami" at the Shuffle Maid Cafe, GEISAI 11
Photo: Miget

"Takashi Murakami" Superflat Museum: Los Angeles Edition 2003
Plastic figures and figure assembly kits: packaged with gum, brochures, and certificates
Box: 13 x 90 x 40 cm
Planning and production of figures: Takashi Murakami, Kaiyodo Co., Ltd, and Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd
Prototype modelling: Bome and Enoki Tomohide
Released by Takara Co., Ltd
Distributed by Dreams Come True Co., Ltd

"Takashi Murakami" Hiropon 1997
Oil, acrylic, fibreglass, and iron
223.5 x 104 x 122 cm

"Jeff Koons" Rabbit 1986

Stainless steel
104.1 x 48.3 x 30.5 cm

"Tracey Emin" My Major Retrospective II 1982-92, 2008
Wire, canvas, card, pen, photographs, wooden shelves
Overall dimensions variable, each shelf 60 x 90 x 3.8 cm