Andy Warhol, Prince of Pop Jan Greenberg, Sandra Jordan,
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
ISBN: 0385732759
DDC: 709.2
Edition: Mass Market Paperback; 2007-12-11
Summary:
“IN THE FUTURE EVERYBODY will be world famous for 15 minutes.”The
Campbell’s Soup Cans. The Marilyns. The Electric Chairs. The Flowers.
The work created by Andy Warhol elevated everyday images to art,
ensuring Warhol a fame that has far outlasted the 15 minutes he
predicted for everyone else. His very name is synonymous with the
1960s American art movement known as Pop.But Warhol’s oeuvre was the
sum of many parts. He not only produced iconic art that blended high
and popular culture; he also made controversial films, starring his
entourage of the beautiful and outrageous; he launched Interview, a
slick magazine that continues to sell today; and he reveled in
leading the vanguard of New York’s hipster lifestyle. The Factory,
Warhol’s studio and den of social happenings, was the place to be.
Who would have predicted that this eccentric boy, the Pittsburgh-bred
son of Eastern European immigrants, would catapult himself into media
superstardom? Warhol’s rise, from poverty to wealth, from obscurity
to status as a Pop icon, is an absorbing tale—one in which the
American dream of fame and fortune is played out in all of its
success and its excess. No artist of the late 20th century took the
pulse of his time—and ours—better than Andy Warhol.Praise for Vincent
van Gogh: Portrait of an Artist:“This outstanding, well-researched
biography is fascinating reading.”—School Library Journal,
Starred“Readers will see not just the man but also the paintings
anew.”—The Bulletin, Starred“An exceptional biography that reveals
the humanity behind the myth.”—Booklist, StarredA Robert F. Sibert
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