Sunday B Morning

Very little is known about who Sunday B Morning contentious history with Andy Warhol. They originally started out in the 70s as two anonymous  friends in Belgian, working in close partnership with Andy Warhol on what was planned as satirical second release of Warhol’s iconic Factory Editions. These were to feature his most recognisable and popular screen prints such as the Campbell Soups, Flower series and Marilyn. The Idea behind the reproduction of these works was for Warhol to play with the concept of fast-growing mass production something he had commented on before in his work, most notably his soup cans. The tagline stamp “Fill in your own signature” that can be found on the back of all Sunday B Morning prints came from Warhol’s desire to explore the validity of mass production within his own work. The production of the second release was planned to be identical to that of their predecessors. Warhol handed over the original paint colour codes and negatives for production allowing for the creation of art identical to that of his earlier works. There is a lot of ambiguity around the early stages of this partnership, but it is known that Warhol went changed his mind, after granting his friends access. Unfortunately for Warhol, production was already underway and as he had handed over the colour codes and silkscreen negatives, no legal recourse could be taken to stop Sunday B Morning, who went on to print authentic versions of his most iconic works. To this day Sunday B Morning prints from the original 1970s release are heavily sought after by Warhol collectors. Although Warhol never legally fought Sunday B Mornings productions when he came across them he would sign them ‘This is not by me. Andy Warhol’ to make his displeasure. This only made the prints more collectable, Sunday B Morning are still creating prints using Warhol’s and original printing techniques. It is this collection of skillset and knowledge handed over by Warhol that gives Sunday B Mornings prints a striking, thought provoking edge- tackling the theme of mass production.