It's a wonderful life
When Trey met Mary (and Tarrantino, Warhol, Farb & Obama): A unique 30-year friendship is told in art
Jun 17, 2011 | 10:30 am
Trey Speegle met Mary Hayslip in 1980 on a disco dance floor of what is now Menil’s Richmond Hall. She remembers saying, “I think we’re going to be good friends." And they have been.
She commissioned a portrait on canvas, and I had the idea to reinterpret Warhol’s 1962 painting, "Gold Marilyn," [https: /www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=79737] as his 1982 "Gold Carolyn," using the exact measurements of the original. ("Gold Marilyn" was donated by Philip Johnson to the Museum of Modern Art and and I “visited” her on my birthday just one month before the VooDoo Pop opening.) We’ve remained friends ever since, and Carolyn has been one of my biggest supporters, always encouraging me to “go for it,” and now she is going for it herself as a partner in the Colton & Farb Gallery [https://www.coltonfarbgallery.com/]. This show is "Gold Carolyn"’s first ever public viewing. Trey Speegle, "Gold Carolyn," 1982, 83 by 57 by 3 inches, silkscreen, acrylic and gold paint on canvas, collection of Carolyn Farb