NEW YORK, N.Y.- Public Art Fund presents Rob Pruitt’s The Andy Monument, March 30 – October 2, 2011, at the northwest corner of Union Square. The monument to Andy Warhol, the father of Pop Art and one of New York’s enduring cultural icons is installed just outside the building that housed Warhol’s “Factory” for more than ten years in the 1970s and early 1980s, and just down the street from an earlier “Factory” site. “We are thrilled to be collaborating with Rob, whose work has exactly the spirit of generosity and engagement that lends itself so well to public art,” said Nicholas Baume, Public Art Fund Director and Chief Curator. “Inspired by Warhol and his story, Rob moved to New York as a young man and even met Warhol when he visited the ‘Factory’ to interview for a job. Rob’s memory of the artist that day formed the vision for this sculpture, and I