Andy’s Cactus® Blooms Anew in New Gufram x Warhol Collaboration
Now in green, white and orange.
Summary
- Gufram and The Andy Warhol Foundation launched a new limited-edition Andy’s Cactus® in three colors, each limited to 99 examples
- Made of soft polyurethane and finished with Guflac®, the sculptures adopt Warhol-inspired “fright wig” hues
Gufram and The Andy Warhol Foundation have unveiled the second chapter of their landmark collaboration with three new limited-edition variants of Andy’s Cactus®. Following the inaugural 2022 release in blue, pink and yellow, this expansion deepens the dialogue between Gufram’s radical design ethos and Warhol’s pop-art iconography. Each colorway is produced in an edition of 99 pieces, reinforcing the paradox of creative repetition: the same sculptural subject rendered anew through bold, never-before-seen hues.
Originally created in 1972 by designers Guido Drocco and Franco Mello, CACTUS® transcends its coat-rack functionality to become a domestic sculpture defined by irony and provocation. Standing as tall as a person and adorned with four anthropomorphic arms and over 2,000 nodules, it is molded from soft polyurethane and finished in Guflac® — Gufram’s patented coating that marries tactile suppleness with visual solidity.
The new green, orange, and white editions are more than just color variations; they are a visual nod to Warholian pop art, specifically inspired by the aesthetics of Warhol’s 1986 “fright wig” self-portrait silkscreen paintings. The collaboration celebrates creative freedom and challenges conventional design thinking. As Charley Vezza of Gufram notes, the new variants explore the “art of seriality” by presenting the same subject in new colors, a paradox that gives rise to originality. For more details, head over to Gufram’s official website.
