PBS’ History Detectives conclude that Andy Warhol and five other artists likely left six sketches etched in miniature on a penny-wide ceramic chip — on the Apollo 12 lunar lander.
Forrest “Frosty” Myers, the New York artist who dreamed up the otherworldly art project says:
“Going to the moon was the biggest thing in our generation. It’s hard to explain that to the kids today,” says Myers, perched in a anodized aluminum wire chair of his own design. “My idea was to get six great artists together and make a tiny little museum that would be on the moon.” The miniaturized works reflect the various perspectives of the contributing artists. Circuitry-like drawings by David Novros and John Chamberlain wouldn’t look out of place on a SIM chip of today, and Myers himself added a sketch of linked shapes. Rauschenberg went minimalist with a lone straight line, while Oldenburg doodled a Mickey Mouse. Meanwhile, leave it to Warhol to scandalize lunar museum patrons with a phallic symbol (or is that a rocket?) that doubled as a signature “AW.”
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