Time Running out for Andy Warhol Exhibit

The Wexner Center for the Arts located on the campus of The Ohio State University is about to close out its six month exhibition, Andy Warhol: Other Voices, Other Rooms. This much awaited exhibit kicked off in mid-September and has been hailed by both pedestrians and critics alike.

For those who haven't quite made it over to check out the thorough history of Warhol's artistic achievements, your time is quickly running out. The last day to sample the various forms of pop culture media will be Sunday, February 15, 2009.

I, myself, have always been a cynic when it comes to modern art. I find the vast majority of it to be insulting and rather cheap. While some may find the halls of the Smithsonian American Art Museum filled with the blank slashed canvases of Lucio Fontana to be a invaluable lesson in spacial concept, I find it to be a cheap pawn off of art and skill. I feel no different for the splatterings of Jackson Pollock or the solid canvas of International Klein Blue which sells for millions of dollars in the art world. I fall at the feet of Vermeer and van Eyck while scoffing at the presence of Mondrain. It's not that I don't understand their idea of thinking out of the box, it's that I simply don't value it as legitimate art. (See: My Kid Could Paint That)

With that said, even I plan on making it to the Warhol exhibit. Warhol has transcended the modern art world and redefined our view on pop culture. Even a dim-whited and cold anti-artista like myself can appreciate that.

Tickets are only $8 for adults and $5 for teens, seniors and COTA bus pass carriers. Children and students with a valid ID get in free, which is good news to those of us still touting around our college ID's from five years ago. And even better, admission is free to all visitors every Thursday evening and the first Sunday of each month. Pair that up with an appropriate dinner of Campbell's Tomato Soup and you got yourself a cheap, but memorable date.