He was the kind of artist who loved these double-moves, daring you to see the queer eroticism in his cut-and-dry imagery, promoting his name by pretending to efface it, and insisting on his individuality of expression while embracing the machine-like production of art. Warhol put his name and a peelable silk-screened banana on the cover of the band s first album.
Though he is best known for portraits of Elizabeth Taylor, deadpan paintings of Campbell s soup cans, or polaroids of himself in a fright wig, Warhol s legacy might be distilled in a single lyric by The Velvet Underground, the band that Warhol managed and included in his multimedia performances known as Exploding Plastic Inevitable (EPI) ( ): I ll be your mirror, reflect what you are, in case you don t know. Consumer products, sexual liberation, rock music, drug use, tragic death, and a heavy dose of shopping the cultural phenomena that defined the decade are all on display in his art. Bob Colacello, special correspondent, Vanity Fair.1 Andy Warhol by Richard Avedon by Greg GormanĢ Artist s Website: Link to Gallery Pages: Biography: The reigning king of pop art, Andy Warhol was an icon of of his age, an artist whose work and personality reflect the contours of the turbulent 1960s. If Andy were alive, he would probably say,"Oh, wow.
Gilda Williams has collected what seems like every word ever written about or uttered by the most influential artist of our time to produce a verbal collage portrait that is bold, revealing, multi-dimensional and original. ‘On&By Andy Warhol is an epic achievement. “On&By Andy Warhol is the rare reference book that can serve as an introduction to the wide range of Warhol’s work and influence on contemporary culture, as well as a deeper investigation for Warhol enthusiasts like myself, who are always looking for that hidden anecdote to reveal more about this near mythical figure.”-Michael Nirenberg, PopMatters
ON&BY Andy Warhol brings together writers-art critics, artists, cultural theorists, and Factory associates-who have shaped the influence and legacy of Warhol’s life and work alongside writings and interviews by Warhol including selections from a (a novel), Blue Movie, Exposures, THE Philosophy of Andy Warhol, POPism, Andy Warhol’s Party Book and The Andy Warhol Diaries.
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