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The Vader Project - Pittsburgh, PA Posted By Christian on March 4, 2009
The Vader Project makes its museum premiere and will be on display February 28 ? May 3, 2009 at The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. www.warhol.org
This exhibition, which premiered at Celebration IV, includes 100 works by contemporary international artists utilizing 1:1 scale authentic prop replicas of the Darth Vader helmet used in the Star Wars films. Each helmet was a blank canvas for the artist to paint, design, and customize. These iconic helmets of the notorious movie villain were created by some of the biggest names in today?s pop surrealist and underground art scene including Shag, Peter Kuper, Attaboy, Gary Baseman, Tim Biskup, Dalek, Paul Frank, Ron English, Jeff Soto, Frank Kozik, Wade Lageose, Joe Ledbetter, Alex Pardee, Suckadelic, Cameron Tiede, Michelle Valigura, Sunich, Mister Cartoon, Marc Ecko, Amanda Visell, and many more. The Vader Project was curated by Dov Kelemer and Sarah Jo Marks of DKE Toys, one of the largest designer vinyl and art-toy distributors in the world.
Currently, the Warhol is the only museum in the US scheduled to exhibit The Vader Project.
The Star Wars Association of Pittsburgh is planning a visit on Saturday march 14, at 10 am. Please visit their forum for more details.