>>> AN EXHIBIT IN DUPAGE COUNTY IS PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE LATE GREAT POP ARTIST, ANDY WARHOL.

THE SHOWCASE WILL PROVIDE A DEEPER CONTEXT FOR THE ARTIST'S LIFE.

ANGEL IDOWU TAKES US INSIDE .

>> Reporter: REPEATED PRINCE AND VIBRANT COLORS, STUDIO 54 AND PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPHS, THESE ARE SOME OF THE ELEMENTS INCLUDED IN THE ONE-OF-A-KIND EXHIBITION HONORING THE LATE, GREAT ANDY WARHOL.

>>'S PERSONAL LIFE HAS ALWAYS BEEN KIND OF HIDDEN.

WE HAVE PHOTOS FROM HIS PERSONAL LIFE , PEOPLE CLOSE TO HIM, DIFFERENT CONNECTIONS.

ANY TIME WE CAN HUMANIZE SOMEONE LIKE ANDY WARHOL, IT IS IMPORTANT AND VALUABLE BECAUSE YOU MAKE A REAL CONNECTION.

>> Reporter: NOW ON DISPLAY , THE EXHIBITION WAS BORN FROM A PERSONAL COLLECTION OF MORE THAN 150 OF WARHOL 'S PORTRAITS KNOWN AS THE ANDY WARHOL PHOTOGRAPHIC LEGACY PROJECT.

>> THIS EXHIBIT OF PHOTOS IS CALLED ANDY WARHOL'S VISUAL DIARY .

YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF DIFFERENT POSES HE TOOK BEFORE HE DECIDED ON THE ONE HE WOULD MAKE A PRINT OR PAINTING OUT OF.

>> Reporter: MORE THAN 200 ANDY WARHOL PIECES , CURATOR JUSTIN WOODY HOPES THE EXHIBITION WILL PROVIDE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE TO THE CREATOR THAT STARTED AS A COMMERCIAL ARTIST .

>> HE WAS ALWAYS VERY AWARE OF HOW HE COULD USE HIS PRESENCE OR HIS PERSONALITY TO HELP GAIN ATTENTION AND TO BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF DIFFERENT MOVEMENTS.

HE WAS NOT BORN INTO AFFLUENT -- HE WAS BORN TO A WORKING-CLASS FAMILY IN INDUSTRIAL PITTSBURGH IN 1928 AND LEARNED EARLY ON THE IMPORTANCE OF WORKING REALLY HARD AND HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT HE DIDN'T LOSE A LOT OF THE THINGS HE EARNED IN LIFE .

A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN RELATE TO THAT .

>> Reporter: A LOT OF WARHOL'S INFLUENCE HAS COME AS A RESULT OF LOSING HIS FATHER AT A YOUNG AGE AND HOW THAT IMPACTED HIS VIEW OF LIFE AND THAT.

IT IS A MAJOR THEME SEEN THROUGHOUT HIS WORK.

>> THERE IS AN UNDERSTANDING OF MORTALITY AND KIND OF IMMORTALITY WRAPPED TOGETHER.

WE OFTEN THINK ABOUT THE SOUP CAN , ELEVATING THE EVERYDAY .

HE ALSO DID MARILYN .

WE ALSO CREATE CELEBRITIES AND WE SELL THAT AS A PRODUCT .

HE ALSO DID PIECES LIKE THE ELECTRIC CHAIR, THE CAR CRASH, DEATH AND DISASTER.

WE SELL TRAGEDY AND WE SELL THEM AS ENTERTAINMENT TO BE CONSUMED.

PEOPLE MAYBE SOMETIMES MIGHT THINK OF WARHOL IN THIS PERFECT MANNER, BUT HE WAS REFLECTING OUR CULTURE AND A LOT OF COMPLEX WAYS .

HE DOESN'T ALWAYS GET CREDIT .

I HOPE PEOPLE CAN COME TO THE SHOW AND HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING.

>> Reporter: FOR CHICAGO