ONE of the world's most iconic artworks is being brought to Worcester for the forthcoming exhibition Warhol to Walker: American Prints from pop art to today.

The free exhibition, on loan from the British Museum, opens at Worcester Art Gallery & Museum on Saturday, November 4, and includes Andy Warhol's iconic Campbell’s Green Pea Soup.

The works focus on modern and contemporary American printmaking and feature nine key art pieces.

The exhibition opens with three of the greatest printmakers from the Pop period: Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg, whose work took varied inspiration from the mass media consumer society of 60s America.

The progress and creativity of printmaking through some of the most dynamic and turbulent years in US history is followed right to the present day, with prints by a relatively young African-American artist Kara Walker, and the recent work of one of the giants of the field, Jim Dine.

Alongside the prints, the exhibition will also feature works from the Worcester City Collection including pieces by Eduardo Paolozzi, Howard Hodgkin and Richard Hamilton.

This exhibition offers a unique opportunity to view these works alongside pop art prints of yesteryear.

Museums Worcestershire curator Emalee Beddoes-Davis said: "We are pleased to be working with the British Museum to bring these internationally renowned artworks to Worcester.

"Almost everyone recognizes Warhol's 'soup can', it is even more amazing to see a work of art like this 'in the flesh' and on your doorstep.

"It also gives us the opportunity to highlight the quality of work within Worcester's own collections too."

The gallery and museum is open Monday to Saturday 10.30am to 4.30pm. For more information contact Worcester Art Gallery & Museum on 01905 25371, visit www.museumsworcestershire.org.uk or follow @worcestermuseum.