Simone Leigh

Playboy Redux: Contemporary Artists Interpret the Iconic Playboy Bunny
March 28 – June 20, 2010

The Andy Warhol Museum in collaboration with Playboy Enterprises invited over 20 contemporary and street artists to reinterpret the iconic Playboy Bunny in celebration of the opening of the first Playboy Club in Chicago 50 years ago in 1960. Known at that time for her satin bunny suit, cotton tail and rabbit ears, the Playboy Bunny served cocktails and glamour in equal doses. Many luminaries once worked as Bunnies, including Deborah Harry, Gloria Steinem and Lauren Hutton. For Playboy Redux: Contemporary Artists Interpret the Iconic Playboy Bunny, artists were asked to create a new look for the Bunny, a veritable makeover to create the Bunny of the future. The selected artists have presented a number of new takes on this iconic image, and works ranges range in medium including photography, painting, sculpture, drawing and video.

Artists in the exhibition include: Scott Anderson, Gary Baseman, Tim Bishop, Shag, Zoe Charlton, Ain Cocke, Brian Ewing, Brendan Fernandes, Jeremy Fish, Moyna Flannigan, Latoya Ruby Frazier, Chitra Ganesh, Ludovica Gioscia, Jeremy Kost, Frank Kozik, Simone Leigh, Kalup Linzy, Tara McPherson, Hiroki Otsuka, Seth Scriver, Andrew Schoultz, SEEN, Vadis Turner, Saya Woolfalk and O Zhang.

The exhibition is curated by Aaron Baker, Eric C. Shiner and Ned West.

This project is part of Playboy’s year-long 50th Anniversary celebration of the Playboy Club and Playboy Bunny