Film Screening of Andy Warhol's 'Sleep' at Ursinus College's Berman Museum

A special lecture on Andy Warhol's film work by Geralyn Huxley, Curator of Film and Video at the Andy Warhol Museum (one of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Pa.), will be held on Oct. 23 at 7 p.m.

An excerpted DVD presentation of Warhol's 1963 film, Sleep, has been showing as part of the Berman Museum exhibition of the same name. Tonight, Huxley's lecture will be immediately followed by a big-screen presentation of the film Sleep in its entirety. It runs 5 hours, 21 minutes and shows poet John Giorno at rest.

The Sleep exhibition, which runs through Oct. 26, features the work of New York-based photographer Michael Putnam, who captured images of people from around the world sleeping in public places from the mid-1960s through the 1970s. His sleepers, found sprawled in parks, curled up on benches, and contorted into all sorts of unlikely positions, express a profound attitude of trust and peace.

Tonight's event is preceded by a celebration from 4 to 7 p.m. that honors the closing of Sleep and the opening of the Berman's fall exhibition, Good Neighbors, which opened Oct. 14.

About the Museum
Through August 25, the Museum is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and closed Sundays, Mondays, and College holidays on July 4 and 5.

Normal hours resume on August 26: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Friday, and noon to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Closed Mondays.

Admission is free.

The Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art is one of two on-campus museums in Pennsylvania accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. It is accessible to visitors with disabilities.