Darrell Thorne @ The Warhol

April 1, 2022 @ 8:00 pm
The Andy Warhol Museum Theater

RSVP: https://www.warhol.org/events/darrell-thorne-at-the-warhol/

Organized by Scott Andrew

Join us for a Good Friday evening of queer dramatic fantasy, excess, and opulence infused with storytelling by celebrated performance artist, and Activated Anamorphs visiting artist of 2022, Darrell Thorne. Darrell will present a new live performance followed by a discussion with local artist Heidi Wiren Bartlett.

Darrell Thorne (b. 1976, Branson, Missouri) lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. He enjoys exploring the many dualities and contradictions that exist in all facets of society, utilizing fantasy, camp, and beauty (and plenty of mirrors) to reflect on what unites and divides us. Through song, spoken word, movement, and dance, coupled with highly detailed costume and makeup, Darrell invites viewers to be transported and elevated without sacrificing entertainment. A lover of ritual, iconography, fantasy, and storytelling, Darrell attempts to channel all these elements through costuming and paint on his body, coupled with live performance. He has exhibited and performed at the Park Avenue Armory, SFMOMA, Lincoln Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Chashama, New York Academy of Art, Helsinki Night of Arts, The Smithsonian, Rubulad, The Mexico City Cabaret Festival, and received an NEA grant for his six week performative installation Under Glass and In Color.

This event was supported in part by the Steiner Visitor Lecture Grant from the Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry, the Carnegie Mellon College of Fine Arts Deans office, IDeAte, and the School of Art at Carnegie Mellon University.

Co-presented with Carnegie Mellon University, School of Art

A one-hour artist lecture will also occur on CMU campus for limited faculty, staff and students only, between 11:30am -12:30pm in the STUDIO for Creative Inquiry on April 1st. This event was made possible with support from the Steiner Visitor Lecture Grant and the CFA Dean’s Office. *RSVP link