Warhol: The Biography
by Victor Bockris
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Author: Victor BockrisEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-08-14
ISBN: 030681272X
Number of pages: 624
Publisher: Da Capo Press
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Summary: 5 Stars
This book covers every period in Andy Warhol's life with great detail including his childhood, his personal life and his career as an artist, filmmaker, publisher and celebrity.
Victor Bockris interviewed many members of Warhol's family, friends and teachers to tell the story of his impoverished youth in Pittsburgh, his time in college at the Carnegie Institute of Technology, working as a commerical artist in New York in the 1950s and his career as an artist.
It includes detailed descriptions from mulitple perspectives of the creation of some of Warhol's greatest works such as the film Empire and his book a: A Novel. There's also many quotes from Warhol himself, giving the reader some idea of how Warhol viewed his own work.
Summary of Warhol: The Biography
Artist, filmmaker, magazine publisher, instigator of Pop Art, Andy Warhol (19281987) used his canvasses of dollar bills, soup cans, and celebrities to subvert distinctions between high and popular culture. His spectacular career encompassed the underground scene as well as the equally deviant worlds of politics, show business, and high society. Warhol is the definitive chronicle of Warhol's storied life.
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