Schoeni Art Gallery is proud to present their first Warhol show on May 9th, 2008 showcasing part of the Saunderson Private Collection of Andy Warhol limited edition prints. This grouping showcases some of Warhol’s most rare and significant prints found in the world. Warhol’s decision to select images from popular culture and combine them with the printing processes of the commercial world was an essential element of his Pop statement.Warhol dissected the very mechanics of image production and production through this unexpected commonplace vehicle, discovered a way to be original by applying to the canvas the multiplicity and assembly-line manufactured normally associated with photography and commercial printing, Warhol also sparked a critical re-evaluation of the unique properties one had come to expect from a work of art. Warhol’s experiments with the medium of silk screening revealed both the aesthetic and mass cultural associations of the term "media" and confused the traditional boundaries separating painting, drawing and prints. He used prints as other artists might use drawing - as a way to visualise ideas - and printmaking became a mechanical extension of his hand, whilst still downplaying the expressive force of the artist. Warhol was also a maverick in his approach to photography, a relatively new medium at the time, affected radical change in the art community, primarily because it formed a new visual language that emerged from a single click of a button, revealing an entirely different world that was malleable, even in its ability to exactly capture a single moment in still. Beyond this, it was an entirely new language with no historical baggage, and Warhol was able to fully explore new and dynamic ways of working with this medium.Warhol successfully re-defined art conceptually, as well as aesthetically, by exploring the chasm between the role of the artist and the myth of the creator. The 1960s was an era that underscored the importance of a new, progressive source of inspiration unfettered by historical nuances that breached the simplicity of efficiency. Warhol created in an age fettered with political and social upheaval. By carefully selecting mass-produced objects to include in his imagery, Warhol forged a commentary on the nature of the replication of these objects, in mass-production, and also through photography; different context, similar process. Warhol sought to liberate art from pre-conceived notions of artistic value, and this was the motivation behind these pieces that he enthralled in, not the end result. Pun? Perhaps. Riddle? Most Definitely.Although Warhol produced a large number of limited edition prints, they are now highly sought after worldwide; Schoeni is delighted to have the chance to exhibit them in Hong Kong. Andy Warhol’s use of iconic images such as the famous Mao print and other key prints of famous figureheads along with the famous Ad series from 1985 will be part of the exhibit.