Courtesy of Ballad of America
Foreman’s talk will provide an overview of the relationship of support between The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts. Foreman will present a glimpse into his academic and curatorial work that strengthened the case for support, provide context for the relationship, share the exhibitions made possible by a grant from the organization and provide a look at the original works by Warhol gifted to the TCVA by the Foundation.
About the Speaker:
Hank T. Foreman serves Appalachian State University as Vice Chancellor for External Affairs & Strategic Initiatives and Chief of Staff. In this role, he is both the principal aide and advisor to the Chancellor on important university operational matters as well as the executive leader for the
university's communication, marketing, public relations/news, strategic initiatives and external relations areas. Areas reporting to Foreman include: External Affairs and Community Relations, Holmes Convocation Center, Office of Arts Engagement, Office of Sustainability, Small Business and Technology Development Center, University Events, and University Communications. Reporting directly to the Chancellor, this position is a member of the university's senior leadership team, is a
member of the Chancellor’s Council and the Chancellor’s Cabinet and provides coordination for the achievement of strategic directions, goals, and initiatives for the Chancellor's Division.
As the principal aide to the Chancellor, Foreman serves as the liaison with community and university constituencies and assists in providing leadership and direction for institutional initiatives, special projects, time or critically sensitive decisions, and policy development on behalf
of the Chancellor. Foreman manages the day-to-day operations of the Office of the Chancellor, and serves as Secretary of the University and principal liaison with the Appalachian Board of Trustees.
About the Exhibit
February 21 – May 28, 2023 | Fort Gallery
Photography and its potential for experimental portraiture is foundational across Andy Warhol's prolific career. In POP-UP, Warhol's commitment to instant film as a candid documentary medium is explored alongside examples of his iconic silkscreen prints. Synthesizing the photographic, the painterly, and the commercial, the artist's manipulation of the human visage constitutes some of his most lasting impacts on contemporary photography and image-making. In this exhibition, we see Warhol's near-obsessive use of the camera—the Polaroid in particular—some examples of which would ultimately be transformed into the high contrast, color blocked images audiences are so familiar with today.
The works included in this exhibition were generously loaned from the Permanent Collection of the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts at Appalachian State University, courtesy of a gift by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts' Andy Warhol Photographic Legacy program.